Gifty Acheampong Explained

Gifty Acheampong
Birth Date:5 November 1999
Position:Forward
Birth Place:Koforidua, Ghana
Youthclubs1:Koforidua Gartel SC
Clubs1:Immigration Ladies FC
Years2:2017–2018
Clubs2:1207 Antalya Spor
Caps2:14
Goals2:2
Years3:2018–2020
Clubs3:Thunder Queens
Years4:2019
Clubs4:→ Voskhod Stara Maiachka (loan)
Caps4:6
Goals4:2
Years5:2020
Clubs5:Rivers Angels F.C.
Nationalyears1:2016
Nationalteam1:Ghana U-17
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:2
Pcupdate:14 September 2019
Ntupdate:8,October 2016

Gifty Acheampong (born 5 November 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.

Early life

Gifty was born in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana on 5 November 1999.

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.

Club career

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. She later joined Samaria Ladies now Thunder Queens in 2018, where she served as the club captain from 2019 to 2020.[1] [2]

Beginning of December 2017, the -tall forward moved to Turkey to join 1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediyespor to play in the Turkish Women's First Football League. In October 2020, she signed for NWFL Premiership side, Rivers Angels F.C.[3] [4] [5]

International career

Acheampong was a member of the Ghana women's national under-17 football team.[6] 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 July 2020. Asamoah Gyan is my mentor – Samaria Ladies Captain. 18 October 2021. GhanaWeb.
  2. Web site: Kwafo. Eric Nana Yaw. 3 July 2020. Samaria Ladies Captain Gifty Acheampong Thanks GFA For Allowance Initiative. 18 October 2021. Modern Ghana.
  3. Web site: 15 October 2020. NWFL: Rivers Angels sign Ghanaian troikas. 15 October 2020. Kick 442. 27 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127204244/https://www.kick442.com/nwfl-rivers-angels-sign-ghanaian-troikas/. dead.
  4. Web site: 19 October 2020. Ghanaian trio join Nigerian side River Angels. 18 October 2021. GhanaWeb.
  5. Web site: Ahmadu. Samuel. 15 October 2020. Black Queens' Acheampong, Essiful and Mantey sign for Rivers Angels. 18 October 2021. Goal.
  6. Web site: Ahmadu. Samuel. 15 October 2020. 'I've seen most of their players' - Ghana's Acheampong reveals why she joined Rivers Angels. 18 October 2021. Goal.