Elizabeth Addo

Elizabeth Addo (born 1 September 1993) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese club Jiangsu Suning in the Chinese Women's Super League and the Ghana women's national team.

Elizabeth Addo
Personal information
Full name Elizabeth Addo
Date of birth (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993[1]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Forward [2]
Club information
Current team
 Jiangsu Suning
Number 6
Youth career
2003–2006 Tesano Ladies F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Athleta Ladies F.C. 59 (27)
2012–2014 Rivers Angels F.C. 24 (12)
2014–2015 ŽFK Spartak Subotica 3 (0)
2015–2016 Ferencvárosi TC 34 (22)
2016–2017 Kvarnsvedens IK 29 (7)
2018 Seattle Reign FC 13 (0)
2018 → Western Sydney Wanderers FC(loan) 2 (0)
2019– Jiangsu Suning 0 (0)
National team
2007 Ghana U-14 3 (1)
2008 Ghana U-17 9 (5)
2008–2012 Ghana U-20 18 (6)
2011 Ghana U-23 8 (5)
2012– Ghana 25 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2018

In 2016, Addo was one of three players shortlisted for the 2015/2016 Női NB I Women Footballer of the Year award.[3][4]

Club career

Addo began her career in Ghana, playing for Tesano Ladies F.C. in 2003 and later signed for Athleta Ladies F.C locally known as "Ashaiman Ladies" based in Ashaiman in the year 2007–2012.[5] She spent couple of seasons there, later joined Nigerian giant side Rivers Angels F.C. from 2012–2014. Her performance helped the team win the 2012/2013 Nigerian Women Football League and 2013/2014 Nigerian Women Football League under Rivers Angels F.C. Manager Edwin Okon. The Port Harcourt women, doubled the lead in the 56th minute after a beautiful inter-play in Amazon's 18-yard box was scored by Addo.[6]

Addo returned to Ghana in 2014 and later joined ŽFK Spartak Subotica in Serbia the same year.[7]

Ferencvárosi TC, 2015

In 2015, Addo moved back to Europe and joined Hungarian giant Ferencvárosi TC in Budapest Hungary.[8] She was an integral part of the first team under manager Balázs Dörnyei and won the 2015/2016 Hungarian Női NB I league title and Hungarian Women's Cup in 2016.[9]

Addo was considered one of the team's top three players. She played 27 league matches and scored 17 goals helping her team winning the Hungarian Női NB I League title.[10] She scored the equalizing goal in the 89th minute against rival MTK which turned the score line Ferencvárosi TC 1 – 1 MTK. Her equalizing goal helped her club qualify for the Hungarian FA Cup finals on penalties. She played the full 90 minutes for her side to defeat Honved 5–0 in the finals.[11]

Addo played for Club Ferencváros in the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League and placed second during the group stage.[12]

Kvarnsvedens IK, 2016–2017

In August 2016, Damallsvenskan League side Kvarnsvedens IK signed Addo who had joined the club on a free transfer.[13] Addo has been very impressive in the Sweden Damallsvenskan league, So far she played 8 games scored 5 goals for Kvarnsvedens IK( Played as a Center Midfielder in the 7 Damallsvenskan league games and scored 1, assist 2 goals, created 2 penalties in each game and scored 4 goal in the Sweden FA Cup. She had her name marked in the Sweden Damallsvenskan Best XII of the month of September 2016.

Seattle Reign, 2018–

Addo had signed a contract to join the Boston Breakers in the NWSL, however the Breakers folded ahead of the 2018 season.[14] She was chosen by the Seattle Reign in the Dispersal Draft with the 8th pick.[15]

Western Sydney Wanderers, 2018– (loan)

On 11 October 2018 Addo was signed on loan to the Western Sydney Wanderers for the W-League 2018–2019 season.[16]

International career

Addo has been a full international for Ghana since 2007. At the age of 14, she starred with the under-14 national team at the 2007 FIFA U-14 Women's World Cup held in Switzerland and captained the team to finals and eventually the championship . She captained Ghana at the 2008 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in New Zealand and was the deputy captain for Ghana’s U17 female team (Black Maidens) at the 2010 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[17] Addo was part of the national team which competed in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Germany [18] and competed at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Japan.[19] She was also part of the national team which competed in the 2014 African Women's Championship qualification.[20] [21] She was among Ghana Squared which faced Cameroon for 2016 Rio Olympic Games qualifier at Accra Sports Stadium -Ghana [22] She played in a friendly match against Germany on 22 July 2016. She was part of the Ghanaian team to the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana.

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References
  1. "Player Details". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. "Player Details". Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. "Ferencváros Women's Football". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. "Ferencváros Women's Football". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. "Black Queens midfielder Elizabeth Addo wins Hungarian FA Cup title with Ferencvaros". Ghana sportsonline. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. "Rivers Angels win 2013 Federation Cup". news24. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. August 2016
  8. "VIDEO: Black Queens midfielder Elizabeth Addo joins Hungarian Club Ferencvarosi". Ghana sportsonline. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. "Black Queens midfielder wins double with Hungarian side". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  10. "Black Queens midfielder Elizabeth Addo wins Hungarian Cup title with Ferencvaros FC". Ghana Soccernet. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  11. "Black Queens midfielder wins double with Hungarian side". My Joyonline. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  12. "Elizabeth Addo". Ghana Soccernet. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  13. "Elizabeth Addo joins Swedish side Kvarnsvedens IK on short-term deal". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  14. "Elizabeth Addo traded to Seattle Reign". 31 January 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  15. "Boston Breakers players taken in NWSL dispersal draft". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  16. "Wanderers sign Elizabeth Addo".
  17. "My Best Is Yet To Come- Elizabeth Addo".
  18. "Ghana 2 – 0 Switzerland". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  19. "Ghana 0 – 1 Germany". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  20. "Ethiopia 0 – 2 Ghana". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  21. "Ghana 3 – 0 Ethiopia". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  22. "Yusif Bassigi invites 22 Black Queens to prepare for 2016 Olympics Games qualifier against Cameroon". social_image.
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