Jennifer Cudjoe

Jennifer Cudjoe^[1]
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Takoradi, Ghana^[2]
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)^[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nordsjælland
Number	11
Youth career
2005–2012	Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Lady Norse	22	(23)
2015	Northeastern State RiverHawks	21	(8)
2016	UMFK Bengals	18	(16)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies
2017	California Storm
2018–2019	Asheville City	13	(5)
2020	Chattanooga Lady Red Wolves	0	(0)
2020–2022	NJ/NY Gotham FC^[a]	20	(0)
2023–	Nordsjælland	14	(0)
International career^‡
2010	Ghana U17	1	(0)
2012–2014	Ghana U20	6	(1)
2023–	Ghana	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023

Jennifer Cudjoe (born 7 March 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Women's League club FC Nordsjælland and the Ghana women's national team.

Club career

Cudjoe signed a short-term contract with Sky Blue FC for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.^[2] She made her NWSL debut on 30 June 2020.^[4]

Cudjoe was selected by Racing Louisville FC in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft,^[5] but Sky Blue soon acquired her back in a trade.^[6]

Cudjoe accepted her first senior team roster selection in July 2023 for the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament.^[7] Ghana had previously offered Cudjoe a spot in 2021, which she declined due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic 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 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[8]

Club	Season	League			Cup^[b]		Playoffs^[c]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
NJ/NY Gotham FC^[a]	2020	NWSL	—		6	0	—		3^[d]	0	9	0
	2021		14	0	5	0	0	0	—		19	0
	2022		6	0	2	0	—		—		8	0
Career total			20	0	13	0	0	0	3	0	36	0

Individual

^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 – List of Players: Ghana" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sky Blue Signs Three Players to Short-Term Contracts". Sky Blue FC. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ Jennifer Cudjoe at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "OL Reign 0–0 Sky Blue FC". NWSLSoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ Creditor, Avi (12 November 2020). "Louisville Takes USWNT's Heath, Press to Headline Expansion Draft". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Sky Blue FC Acquires Midfielder Jennifer Cudjoe From Racing Louisville FC". Sky Blue FC. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Olympic Games Qualifiers: Black Queens intensify preparations ahead of Guinea clash". Ghana Soccer Net (Press release). Ghana Football Association. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ Tonelli, Jenna (4 April 2022). "Jennifer Cudjoe uses her voice to bring change to women's soccer in Ghana". All For XI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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