Gifty Acheampong

Gifty Acheampong (born 5 November 1999) is Ghanaian women's football forward. She played in the Turkish Women's First League for 1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediye Spor with jersey number 19. She was a member of the Ghana women's U-17 team.[2]

Gifty Acheampong
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999
Place of birth Koforidua, Ghana
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Koforidua Gartel SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Immigration Ladies FC
2017–2018 1207 Antalya Spor 14 (2)
2018–2020 Thunder Queens
2019 → Voskhod Stara Maiachka (loan) 6 (2)
2020 Rivers Angels F.C.
International career‡
2016 Ghana U-17 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8,October 2016

Early life

Gifty was born in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana on 5 November 1999.[2][3]

She was abandoned by her parents without knowing them, and was adopted by the petty trader couple Acheapong when she was only one month old. She lost her father at a young age, and things got difficult. She was raised by her adoptive mother during her school years. However, she had to drop out the high school as her mother could no more afford to earn her keep. She decided to concentrate on playing football in order to earn money to take care of herself and support her mother financially.[3]

Club career

Acheampong began playing football already at the age of ten in the local club Koforidua Gartel SC. She then moved to Accra, where she joined Immigration Ladies FC.[3] She later joined Samaria Ladies now Thunder Queens in 2018, where she served as the club captain from 2019 to 2020.[4][5]

Beginning of December 2017, the 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)-tall forward moved to Turkey to join 1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediyespor to play in the Turkish Women's First Football League.[2] In October 2020, she signed for NWFL Premiership side, Rivers Angels F.C.[6][7][8]

International career

Acheampong was a member of the Ghana women's national under-17 football team.[9] She took part in four matches of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup - Group D held in Jordan, and scored two goals of three in total.[1][3]

References
  1. "Gifty Acheampong". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular: Gifty Acheampong" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. Dzakah, Christine (13 October 2016). "Ghana's school drop-out Gifty Acheampong". AIPS Media. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. "Asamoah Gyan is my mentor – Samaria Ladies Captain". GhanaWeb. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. Kwafo, Eric Nana Yaw (3 July 2020). "Samaria Ladies Captain Gifty Acheampong Thanks GFA For Allowance Initiative". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  6. "NWFL: Rivers Angels sign Ghanaian troikas". Kick 442. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  7. "Ghanaian trio join Nigerian side River Angels". GhanaWeb. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  8. Ahmadu, Samuel (15 October 2020). "Black Queens' Acheampong, Essiful and Mantey sign for Rivers Angels". Goal. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  9. Ahmadu, Samuel (15 October 2020). "'I've seen most of their players' - Ghana's Acheampong reveals why she joined Rivers Angels". Goal. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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