Rita Akaffou (born 5 December 1986) is an Ivorian
professional
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footballer
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, who plays as a
midfielder
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.
She was part of the Ivorian squad.
Club career
Akaffou played for the Cypriot team
Barcelona FA
Barcelona Football Academy (; ''Somateio Barcelona Podosfaírou Akadimía''),
is a women's football team from Germasogeia, Limassol, Cyprus, established in 2016.
They were crowned champions of the 2017–18 Cypriot First Division, and made the ...
before she transferred to Pyrgos Limassol F.C.
She moved to Turkey, and joined the newly established club
Fatih Karagümrük
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to play in the
Women's Sıper League.
International career
She was part of the Ivorian squad for the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the f ...
.
See also
*
List of Ivory Coast women's international footballers
This is a list of Ivory Coast women's international footballers who have played for the Ivory Coast women's national football team.
Players
See also
* Ivory Coast women's national football team
References
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References
External links
*
Profileat
FIF
1986 births
Living people
Ivorian women's footballers
21st-century Ivorian sportswomen
Ivory Coast women's international footballers
Women's association football midfielders
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Gintra Universitetas players
Ivorian expatriate women's footballers
Ivorian expatriates in Lithuania
Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus
Barcelona FA players
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
Fatih Karagümrük S.K. (women's football) players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
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