George Blay

George Blay (7 August 1980 – 21 June 2026) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career Blay was born on 7 August 1980 in Elmina, Ghana and began playing football in 1996 at Sekondi Hasaacas. He went to play for Standard Liège, making his Belgian First Division debut under coach Aad de Mos on 31 August 1997 in a 3–0 away victory against Germinal Ekeren. On 29 August 1998, he scored his first goal by sealing a 3–0 home win over Eendracht Aalst. He spent a total of five seasons at Standard, reaching two Belgian Cup finals under coach Tomislav Ivić, but both were lost. On 30 April 2006, Blay made his last Belgian First Division appearance in La Louviére's 2–2 home draw against Charleroi, having a total of 180 matches with three goals in the competition. He made his Liga I debut on 30 July 2006 in a 2–1 away victory against Național București, playing in his first season under coach Mircea Rednic in 31 out of 34 rounds as the club won the title. He started the following season by playing the entire match in the penalty shoot-out loss to Rapid București in the 2007 Supercupa României. The Red Dogs had the objective of reaching the Champions League group stage, with Blay appearing in both legs of the third qualifying round against Lazio Roma, which was eventually lost with 4–2 on aggregate. After three seasons with Dinamo, he went to play for a short while at Internațional Curtea de Argeș.

In 2011, Blay signed with Royal Antwerp in the Belgian Second Division, where he was brought in to replace Bart Van Zundert. He retired at the end of the 2011–12 season.

He played seven games and scored once for Ghana, making his debut under coach Giuseppe Dossena on 8 April 2000 in a 1–0 away victory against Tanzania during the 2002 World Cup qualifiers first round. His following game was a 5–0 home win over Sierra Leone in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers second round. On 17 May 2002, Blay made his last appearance for The Black Stars in a 2–0 friendly loss to Slovenia.

Career statistics International goals Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each George Blay goal. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 5 December 2001 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours Standard Liège Belgian Cup runner-up: 1998–99, 1999–00 Dinamo București Liga I: 2006–07 Supercupa României runner-up: 2007