Gifty Acheampong

Gifty Acheampong (born November 5, 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) November 5, 1999
Place of birth Koforidua, Eastern Region of 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)
2020 Rivers Angels F.C.
National team‡
2016 Ghana U-17 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 18, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 8, 2016

Early life

Gifty was born in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana on November 5, 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]

Sports career

Club

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]

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 2020, she signed for NWFL Premiership side, Rivers Angels F.C..[4]

International

Acheampong was a member of the Ghana women's national under-17 football team. 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 2018-02-14.
  2. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular: Gifty Acheampong" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. Dzakah, Christine (2016-10-13). "Ghana's school drop-out Gifty Acheampong". AIPS Media. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  4. "NWFL: Rivers Angels sign Ghanaian troikas". 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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