Esse Akida


Esse Mbeyu Akida is a professional Kenyan footballer, who plays for Beşiktaş J.K., and Harambee Starlets, the Kenya National Football Team.

Club career

Akida joined Moving The Goalposts in 2002
She was awarded top scorer for the 2016 COTIF Women Football Tournament in Valencia, Spain.
In October 2018, Akida transferred to Israeli Ligat Nashim club F.C. Ramat HaSharon.
In February 2020, Esse Akida joined Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey for an undisclosed fee.
Currently also playing for the Kenya National Football team; Harambee Starlets.

International career

She played for Kenya at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations, scoring for Kenya in the match against Ghana.
She scored for Kenya in a 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification match against Equatorial Guinea.