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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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Matuu 22 (30)
2018 Thika Queens
2018–2019 Ramat HaSharon 22 (4)
2020 Beşiktaş J.K. 2 (0)
2021– PAOK 64 (38)
International career
2012– Kenya 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 August 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.

Club career

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Competitions - 10th Edition Women's AFCON-cameroon 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF.
  2. ^ a b "SQUAD LISTS ANNOUNCED". CAFonline.com. 16 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "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.
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