Esse Akida

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Esse Akida
Personal information
Full name Esse Mbeyu Akida
Date of birth (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Kilifi, Kenya
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Thika Queen's
Number 14
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Matuu 22 (30)
2018 Thika Queens
2018–2019 Ramat HaSharon 22 (4)
2020 Beşiktaş J.K. 2 (0)
2021– PAOK 59 (37)
International career
2012– Kenya 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2024

Esse Mbeyu Akida (born 18 November 1992) [2] is a professional Kenyan footballer, who currently plays for PAOK in Greece, [3] and is a member "Harambee Starlets", the Kenya National Football Team.

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Club career

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. [4]

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. [3] She currently plays for PAOK.

International career

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]

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References

  1. "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  2. 1 2 "SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED". CAFonline.com. 16 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Oyuncular-Futbolcular: Esse Mbuye Akida" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol ederasyonu. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. Teya, Kevin (13 October 2018). "Kenya forward Esse Akida secures Israel move". ESPN . Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "Harambee Starlets fall 3–1 to Ghana at Awcon debut".
  7. "Starlets fly high: Kenya beat visiting Equatorial Guinea in AWCON qualifiers".
  8. "Esse Akida summoned in Harambee Starlets squad to face Equatorial Guinea - Goal.com".
  9. "Esse Mbeyu Akida". Moving The Goalposts. Retrieved 5 March 2021.