Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elshaddai Acheampong | ||
Date of birth | 16 August 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Police Ladies | |||
2021−2022 | Gokulam Kerala | 11 | (20) |
2022−2024 | Apollon Ladies | 16 | (12) |
2024 | Hakkarigücü Spor | ||
2025− | East Bengal | ||
International career | |||
2018 | Ghana U17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Elshaddai Acheampong (born 16 August 2003) [1] is a Ghanaian women's professional footballer who plays as a forward for East Bengal. She also played for Gokulam Kerala in the Indian Women's League and was the top scorer in 2022.
She was born in Kumasi and started playing football at the age of six. [2] She played for Police Ladies. [3]
In 2021–22, Acheampong scored 20 goals from 11 matches to bag the Golden Boot award and a cash prize in the IWL. [4] Gokulam also won the League for the second successive time in 2021–22. [5] In the 2022/2023 season, she was signed by Apollon Ladies F.C. where she won 2 trophies [6] and also played in the UEFA Women's Champions League. She was then transferred to East Bengal in 2024/2025 season. In between, she played the Turkcell Women's Football Super League in Turkey for Hakkarigucu Spor team in September 2024. [1]
On 9 March 2025, she scored a hattrick for East Bengal against Odisha FC in their 3-1 victory. [7]
She has been playing for the Ghana team since 2018 [8] and was also selected to play the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for Ghana. [9]
Gokulam Kerala
East Bengal