Ernestina Abambila

Ernestina Abambila
Personal information
Date of birth	30 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Takoradi, Ghana
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	UKS SMS Łódź
College career
Years	Team
2014–2015	Mississippi Valley State
2016	Youngstown State
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017	FC Minsk
2018	Aris Thessaloniki FC
2019	Assi IF
2020	Sporting Club de Huelva
2020– 2021	Medyk Konin
2021	UKS SMS Łódź
International career
2014	Ghana U17
2016–2018	Ghana U20
2017–	Ghana
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernestina Abambila (born 30 December 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and defensive midfielder for UKS SMS Łódź in the Polish women's Ekstraliga. Abambila is the first Ghanaian to score in the UEFA Women's Champions League. She made her senior international debut for the Ghana women's national football team against France in 2017 at the age of 18.

Club Performance

In 2016, Abambila signed a two-year contract with Youngstown State.^[1] Abambila began her professional career after finishing university. She signed for Belarusian Premier League (women) side FC Minsk. She became the first Ghanaian to score in the UEFA Women's Champions League when FC Minsk beat Ljubljana in the group stage of the 2017-18 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[2]

Abambila had her FIFA debut at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup hosted by Costa Rica in 2014. Her debut game was against North Korea that ended 2–0 to Ghana.^[3]

FC Minsk

^ Ghana Soccer Net (25 July 2016). "Ghana star Ernestina Abambila signs for Youngstown State". Ghana Soccer Net. Ghana Soccer Net. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^ "Ernestina Abambila scored her first UCL goal as ZFK Minsk walloped Ljubiljana 5:0 - Spice FM". spicefmonline.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018.
^ Fifa. "Ernestina ABAMBILA". Fifa. Fifa. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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