Elizabeth Addo (born 1 September 1993) is a Ghanaian

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who plays as a

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for

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of the Swedish

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. She is also the captain of the

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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. She spent couple of seasons there and later joined

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giant side

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from 2012 to 2014. Her performance helped the team win the 2012/2013

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and 2013/2014

under

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. Addo returned to

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in 2014 and later joined

ŽFK Spartak Subotica ŽFK Spartak Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: ЖФК Спартак Суботица) is women's football team from Subotica, Serbia. The team has won ten national championships, including nine in a row from 2011 to 2019. It also has appeared in the UE ...

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the same year.

Ferencvárosi TC, 2015

In 2015, Addo moved back to

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and joined Hungarian giant

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. She was an integral part of the first team under manager Balázs Dörnyei and won the 2015/2016 Hungarian

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league title and

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in 2016. 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. She scored the equalizing goal in the 89th minute against rival MTK which turned the score line

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. Addo played for Club Ferencváros in the

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and placed second during the group stage. In 2016, Addo was one of three players shortlisted for the 2015/2016

Women Footballer of the Year award.

Kvarnsvedens IK, 2016–2017

In August 2016, Damallsvenskan League side

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signed Addo who had joined the club on a free transfer. Addo has been very impressive in the Sweden Damallsvenskan league, So far she played 8 games scored 5 goals for

( 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

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in the

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, however the Breakers folded ahead of the 2018 season. She was chosen by the

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in the Dispersal Draft with the 8th pick.

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.

Jiangsu Suning

In April 2019, Chinese Women's Super League side Jiangsu Suning signed her on a 1-year deal after parting ways with

after her contract ended where she joined her former teammate,

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at Swedish club Kvarnsvedens. Her stay with the club ended faster than it should unfortunately due to the

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in 2020. Whilst at the club she played 14 matches, scored 5 times and made 10 assists. Within that short stint with the club she won 4 trophies, The

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, Women's FA Cup, FA Tournament and the Women's Super Cup. Addo was a core part of the team that placed 2nd in the maiden

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in her debut season.

Apollon Ladies

After playing for one year in the Chinese Women's Super League Addo, signed for Cypriot top-flight side

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in 2020. Addo made her debut for Cyprus side Apollon Ladies FC on 4 November 2020 in their 3–0 win over Swansea Ladies in the UEFA Women's Champions League first qualifying round.

North Carolina Courage, 2021–

On 18 January 2021, Addo returned to the United States following a move to National Women's Soccer League club

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on a one-year deal, with an option of a 12-month extension.

International career

Youth team

Addo has been a full international for

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

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ed the team to finals and eventually the championship . She captained Ghana at the

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held in

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and was the deputy captain for Ghana's U17 female team (Black Maidens) at the 2010

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. Addo was part of the national team which competed in the

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who will also host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from al ...

held in

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and competed at the

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held in Japan.

Senior team

She was also part of the national team which competed in the

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. She was among Ghana Squared which faced Cameroon for 2016 Rio Olympic Games qualifier at Accra Sports Stadium -Ghana She played in a

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against

on 22 July 2016. 12 April 2016, she played a key role in Ghana qualifying for the

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. She led the Ghanaian team as captain to the Third place position in the

. She won two man of the matches awards and scored 3 goals in the Tournament to finish as the 3rd top scorer and the top scorer for the Ghanaian team. Due to her exploits at the tournament she was named in the Team of the Tournament. She was part of the Ghanaian team to the

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hosted in Ghana. In March 2020, she was part of the Ghanaian team that participated in the

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which is an annual invitational

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tournament played in Turkey. She led the team to finish 2nd in their group whilst placing 3rd overall in the competition to win the bronze medal and a trophy.

International goals

Honours

Rivers Angels *

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: 2014 *

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: 2013, 2014 Ferencváros *

: 2015–16 * Nöi Magyar Kupa: 2015–16 Jiangsu Suning *

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*Chinese Women's FA Cup: 2019 *Chinese Women's FA Tournament: 2019 *Chinese Women's Super cup: 2019 *

runners-up:

Ghana *

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third-place: 2016 *

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third-place:

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Individual * Africa Women Cup of Nations 2016: Best XI * Ghana Women's Footballer of the Year: 2019 *Africa Women's Player of the Year 2016: Top 3 * Africa Women's Player of the Year 2018: Top 10 * Africa Women's Player of the Year 2019: Top 10 * IFFHS CAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Addo, Elizabeth 1993 births Living people Ghanaian women's footballers Ghana women's international footballers ŽFK Spartak Subotica players Rivers Angels F.C. players Kvarnsvedens IK players National Women's Soccer League players OL Reign players Women's association football forwards Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate footballers in Nigeria Women Premier League Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers