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Akida: Besiktas sign Kenyan forward from FC Ramat HaSharon

Harambee Starlets striker Esse Akida has joined Turkish top-flight side Besiktas on a two-year deal.

Akida has put pen to paper to serve the Turkish giants as she signs from FC Ramat HaSharon of Israel; a club she has been serving since 2018.

Akida has been a member of the Harambee Starlets side since 2012 and scored in both Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) and scored against Ghana in the finals of 2016 which were held in Cameroon.

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In the 2018 qualifiers, she also found the back of the net against Equatorial Guinea but the Central African country qualified for the biennial tournament at the expense of Akida and her teammates.