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Elshaddai Acheampong
Ghanaian footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elshaddai Acheampong (born 16 August 2003)[1] is a Ghanaian women's professional footballer who plays as a forward for East Bengal. She also played for Gokulam Kerala in the Indian Women's League and was the top scorer in 2022.
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Early life
She was born in Kumasi and started playing football at the age of six.[2] She played for Police Ladies.[3]
Career
In 2021–22, Acheampong scored 20 goals from 11 matches to bag the Golden Boot award and a cash prize in the IWL.[4] Gokulam also won the League for the second successive time in 2021–22.[5] In the 2022/2023 season, she was signed by Apollon Ladies F.C. where she won 2 trophies[6] and also played in the UEFA Women's Champions League. She was then transferred to East Bengal in 2024/2025 season. In between, she played the Turkcell Women's Football Super League in Turkey for Hakkarigucu Spor team in September 2024.[1]
On 9 March 2025, she scored a hattrick for East Bengal against Odisha FC in their 3-1 victory.[7]
She has been playing for the Ghana team since 2018[8] and was also selected to play the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for Ghana.[9]
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Honours
Gokulam Kerala
East Bengal
References
External links
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