Ernestina Abambila Explained

Ernestina Abambila
Birth Date:30 December 1998
Birth Place:Takoradi, Ghana
Height:1.65 m
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:UKS SMS Łódź
Collegeyears1:2014–2015
Collegecaps1:14
Collegegoals1:4
Collegegoals2:14
Collegecaps2:22
College1:Mississippi Valley State
Collegeyears2:2016
College2:Youngstown State
Years1:2017
Clubs1:FC Minsk
Caps1:18
Goals1:10
Years2:2018
Clubs2:Aris Thessaloniki FC
Years3:2019
Clubs3:Assi IF
Caps3:19
Years4:2020
Caps4:4
Goals4:0
Goals3:1
Years5:2020– 2021
Years6:2021
Clubs5:Medyk Konin
Caps5:21
Goals5:3
Nationalyears1:2014
Nationalteam1:Ghana U17
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalgoals1:2
Nationalyears2:2016–2018
Nationalteam2:Ghana U20
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalcaps3:2
Nationalteam3:Ghana
Nationalyears3:2017–
Nationalgoals2:3
Nationalgoals3:0

Ernestina Abambila (born 30 December 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and defensive midfielder for UKS SMS Łódź in the Polish women's Ekstraliga. Abambila is the first Ghanaian to score in the UEFA Women's Champions League. She made her senior international debut for the Ghana women's national football team against France in 2017 at the age of 18.

Club Performance

In 2016, Abambila signed a two-year contract with Youngstown State.[1] Abambila began her professional career after finishing university. She signed for Belarusian Premier League (women) side FC Minsk. She became the first Ghanaian to score in the UEFA Women's Champions League when FC Minsk beat Ljubljana in the group stage of the 2017-18 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

International career

Abambila had her FIFA debut at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup hosted by Costa Rica in 2014. Her debut game was against North Korea that ended 2–0 to Ghana.[3]

Honors

Club

FC Minsk

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ghana Soccer Net. Ghana star Ernestina Abambila signs for Youngstown State. Ghana Soccer Net. 25 July 2016. Ghana Soccer Net. 2 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Ernestina Abambila scored her first UCL goal as ZFK Minsk walloped Ljubiljana 5:0 - Spice FM . spicefmonline.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180208182856/http://spicefmonline.com/ernestina-abambila-scored-her-first-ucl-goal-as-zfk-minsk-walloped-ljubiljana-50/ . 2018-02-08.
  3. Web site: Fifa. Ernestina ABAMBILA. https://web.archive.org/web/20151121031357/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=377844/index.html. dead. 21 November 2015. Fifa. Fifa. 29 June 2017.