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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esse Mbeyu Akida | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kilifi, Kenya | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kibera Soccer | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MTG | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | KeMU Queens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| MTG United | |||
| 2012 | Matuu | 22 | (30) |
| 2014–2017 | Spedag | ||
| 2018 | Thika Queens | ||
| 2018–2019 | Ramat HaSharon | 22 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Beşiktaş J.K. | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | PAOK | 64 | (38) |
| 2025– | Kibera Soccer | 9 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2012– | Kenya | 6 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Esse Mbeyu Akida (born 18 November 1992)[2] is a professional Kenyan footballer, who currently plays for Kibera Soccer in the Kenyan Premier League and is a member of the ”Harambee Starlets", the Kenya National Football Team.
Club career
[edit]Akida joined Moving The Goalposts (MTG) in 2002
She was awarded top scorer for the 2016 COTIF Women Football Tournament in Valencia, Spain.[citation needed]
In October 2018, Akida transferred to Israeli Ligat Nashim club FC Ramat HaSharon.[3]
In February 2020, Esse Akida joined Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey for an undisclosed fee. After appearing in two matches of the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season's second half, which discontinued due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, she left Turkey on 23 February 2021 to return to her country.[4] She currently plays for PAOK.
International career
[edit]She played for Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations,[2] scoring for Kenya in the match against Ghana.[5][6]
She scored for Kenya in a 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification match against Equatorial Guinea.[7][8]
Currently also playing for the Kenya National Football team; "Harambee Starlets".[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
- 1 2 "SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED". CAFonline.com. 16 November 2016.
- ↑ Teya, Kevin (13 October 2018). "Kenya forward Esse Akida secures Israel move". ESPN. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Oyuncular-Futbolcular: Esse Mbuye Akida" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol ederasyonu. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ↑ "Ghana 3-1 Kenya, AWCON RESULT: Suleman Samira, Elizabeth Addo, Boakye Portia strike to give Black Queens three points". Daily Nation. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ↑ "Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut". Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Starlets fly high: Kenya beat visiting Equatorial Guinea in AWCON qualifiers". Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Esse Akida summoned in Harambee Starlets squad to face Equatorial Guinea - Goal.com".
- ↑ "Esse Mbeyu Akida". Moving The Goalposts. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Esse Akida – Israel Football Association league player details (archive)
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