Jennifer Cudjoe (born 7 March 1994) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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and the Ghana women's national team.

Club career

Cudjoe signed a short-term contract with

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for the

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. She made her NWSL debut on 30 June 2020. Cudjoe was selected by

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in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft, but Sky Blue soon acquired her back in a trade. On 23 August 2024, Cudjoe signed for

team

International career

Cudjoe accepted her first senior team roster selection in July 2023 for the

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. Ghana had previously offered Cudjoe a spot in 2021, which she declined due to concerns about the

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and that her concerns about Ghana's lack of support for the squad had not been heeded. She had previously appeared for the Ghana under-20 team at the

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Career statistics

Club

Honors

Individual * Ghanaian Female Footballer of the Year: 2015

References

External links

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Northeastern Oklahoma A&M profile

Northeastern State University profile

Maine-Fort Kent profile
1994 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Hasaacas Ladies F.C. players Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen and Lady Norse athletes College women's soccer players in the United States Northeastern State RiverHawks athletes UMFK Bengals women's soccer players California Storm players Gotham FC players Asheville City SC Women players FC Nordsjælland (women) players DC Power FC players Women's Premier Soccer League players National Women's Soccer League players Elitedivisionen players USL Super League players Ghana women's international footballers Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark 21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen {{Ghana-women-footy-bio-stub