| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Justice Blay | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Sekondi, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Asante Kotoko | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Sekondi Hasaacas | 15 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Medeama | 44 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | → Asante Kotoko (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2020– | Medeama | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Black Stars B | 8 | (0) |
| 2019– | Ghana | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Justice Blay (born 5 May 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national team.[1][2][3][4]
Justice started his professional career at Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. and made his debut in the Ghana Premier League in 2016 when he made a total of 14 appearances for the 1977 Ghana Premier League title winners and scored 1 goal.[5] Following a successful campaign at Hasaacas, Justice who is a defensive midfielder, caught the attention of Medeama who signed him in the following season into their squad.[6] On his debut season for Medeama SC he made a total of 15 league appearances and scored once.[7] In 2019 summer Asante Kotoko S.C. completed the signing of the midfielder on a season-long loan deal.[8] While at Kotoko featured in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.[9][10] He scored a 2 goals in 12 appearances for Kotoko in the cancelled 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season.[11] In 2020 summer he reverted from Kotoko to Medeama after the expiration of his loan contract.[12]
Following his return to Medeama several media reports claim Asante Kotoko have harboured plans to Justice permanently from Medeama.[13] Meanwhile, some media reports claim Medeama SC have set a price tag of US$200,000 for interested clubs who want to sign the midfielder.[14] Kotoko's bitterest rivals Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. reportedly entered into the race to sign the midfielder[15] but both Hearts of Oak and Medeama denied the story.[16][17]
In September 2017 Ghana Black Stars B coach James Kwesi Appiah handed him a late call up ahead of a 2018 African Nations Championship qualifier.[18] In August 2019 Maxwell Konadu invited him to join the Ghana squad ahead of their preparation to face Burkina Faso in an African Nations Championship qualifier.[19] Justice featured prominently for Ghana during the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations tournament in Senegal.[20]
In 2018 the midfielder reportedly converted to Islam after studying the religion for a while. He was previously a Christian.[21]
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