I built my first house with the money I got from 1999 World Cup - Ex-Black Queens player Mercy Tagoe reveals

Former Black Queens player, Mercy Tagoe, has revealed that she built her first house with the money she earned from her first FIFA World Cup.

While advising Women's Premier League players at the GFA-Malta Guinness workshop on Wednesday, June 26, 2026, she urged them to plan their lives after football while still playing.

Tagoe, who transitioned from playing football to becoming a referee and later a coach, said she had everything planned out to avoid being caught unprepared after her career.

"It's all about planning. Before I end one activity, another has already started. I really needed the transition to be smooth and not to end one activity and wonder what to do next," she explained.

She further disclosed that her plan for a good life after football influenced her decision to build her first house with the money she earned from the Women's World Cup in 1999.

"I built my first house with the money I earned from my first World Cup in the USA. It's about planning. Even though I couldn't finish it, I got it to a good level before I later completed it. All this while, I was working with the national service.

"In as much as I was playing, I was thinking about what to do after football," she noted.

The Malta Guinness and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) workshop dubbed Life Outside Football Capacity Workshop aimed at educating Ghanaian footballers on how to manage their finances to ensure a stable future after football.

Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo was a guest speaker alongside Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe, the head of Public Relations and Strategy at the GFA.

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