Christabel Oduro

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Christabel Oduro

| image = Christabel Oduro (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Oduro in 2021

| fullname = Christabel Oppong Oduro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|1}}

| birth_place = Brampton, Ontario, Canada

| height = {{height|m=1.60}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Halifax Tides FC

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = 2004–?

| youthclubs1 = Brampton Brams United

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 =

| collegeyears1 = 2010–2013

| college1 = Memphis Tigers

| collegecaps1 = 84

| collegegoals1 = 47

| years1 = 2010

| clubs1 = Toronto Lady Lynx

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2011

| clubs2 = Hamilton Rage

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2014

| clubs3 = Ottawa Fury

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2015–2016

| clubs4 = Herforder

| caps4 = 20

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2016

| clubs5 = Woodbridge Strikers

| caps5 = 13

| goals5 = 12

| years6 = 2016–2019

| clubs6 = Ramat HaSharon

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs7 = IFK Kalmar

| caps7 = 21

| goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2020–2021

| clubs8 = Birkirkara

| caps8 = 10

| goals8 = 7

| years9 = 2021

| clubs9 = Grindavík

| caps9 = 17

| goals9 = 14

| years10= 2021

| clubs10= Woodbridge Strikers

| caps10 = 5

| goals10= 5

| years11= 2022

| clubs11= Víkingur

| caps11 = 17

| goals11= 12

| years12= 2022–2023

| clubs12= Beşiktaş

| caps12 = 16

| goals12= 2

| years13= 2023–2024

| clubs13= Nantes

| caps13 = 20{{Cite web|url= https://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=14720&id=736|title=Christabel Oppon Oduro}}

| goals13= 3

| years14= 2024

| clubs14= Amed

| caps14 = 6

| goals14= 0

| years15= 2025–

| clubs15= Halifax Tides FC

| caps15 = 1

| goals15= 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2012

| nationalteam1 = Canada U20

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2013

| nationalteam2 = Canada

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = April 26, 2025

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Christabel Oppong Oduro (born November 1, 1992) is a Canadian women's soccer forward who plays in the Northern Super League for Halifax Tides FC. She has made five appearances for the Canada women's national soccer team and played domestic football in Canada, the United States, Germany, Israel, Sweden,{{cite news| url= http://www.helagotland.se/sport/supervarvningar-pa-gang-till-p18-13804809.aspx| title=Supervärvningar på gång till P18| language=sv| work=Helagotland.se| date=January 18, 2017| access-date=May 29, 2020}} Malta and Turkey.

Personal life

Oduro is from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She has Ghanaian heritage, as both of her parents where born in Ghana, and is the cousin of Ghanaian international soccer player Dominic Oduro. Oduro attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, where aside from soccer, she played basketball as a guard, volleyball, and participated in cross-country running.{{cite web| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102710/http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/oduro_christabel00.html| url= http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/oduro_christabel00.html| title= 10 Christabel Oduro| work=Go Tigers Go | publisher=University of Memphis Tigers | date=June 20, 2013| archive-date=August 19, 2014| access-date=May 29, 2020}} She studied at the University of Memphis, where she joined their soccer program.{{cite news| url= https://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/3077113-oduro-off-to-memphis/| title=Oduro off to Memphis| work=Brampton Guardian| date=June 22, 2010| access-date=May 29, 2020}}

Club career

In 2014, Oduro signed for Ottawa Fury.{{cite news| url= http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/808240.html| title= Fury Sign 5 Canadian Internationals| publisher=USL Soccer| date=May 12, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083310/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/808240.html| access-date=May 29, 2020| archive-date= August 19, 2014}} In 2015, she signed for German team Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal (HSV).{{cite news| url= http://www.nw.de/sport/kreis_herford/herford/20528425_Neue-Stuermerin-kommt-aus-Kanada.html| title= Neue Stürmerin kommt aus Kanada| language=de| work={{ill|Neue Westfälische|de}}| date=August 1, 2015| access-date=May 29, 2020}} She scored 10 goals in 20 games for HSV,{{soccerway|christabel-oppong-oduro/111388}} before leaving the club in 2016 to return to Canada for personal reasons.{{cite news| url= http://herfordersv.com/index.php/neues/9-erste/106-schlueter-verlaesst-uns-einigung-mit-pruefer| title= Schlüter verlässt uns – Einigung mit Prüfer| language=de| publisher=Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal| date=May 4, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160701091712/http://herfordersv.com/index.php/neues/9-erste/106-schlueter-verlaesst-uns-einigung-mit-pruefer| access-date=May 29, 2020| archive-date= July 1, 2016}} In 2016, she made 13 appearances and scored 12 goals for the Woodbridge Strikers in League1 Ontario that year.{{cite web| url= https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/12344349| title=Christabel Oduro| publisher=League 1 Ontario| access-date=May 29, 2020}} From 2016 to 2019, Oduro played for Israeli team Ramat HaSharon. Ramat HaSharon finished second in the Ligat Nashim twice whilst Oduro was playing with them, and she also won the Israeli Women's Cup with the club. In 2019, she played for IFK Kalmar in the Swedish Elitettan; she made 21 appearances and scored eight goals in the 2019 season. In 2020, Oduro signed for Maltese club Birkirkara. In her second start for Birkirkara, she scored a hat-trick as Birkirkara beat Raiders Luxol 12–0.{{cite web| url= https://www.goal.com/en/news/ghana-striker-oduro-bags-hat-trick-as-birkirkara-thrash/4z4fnssv83ue1idzpcg7y9ixe| title= Ghana striker Oduro bags hat-trick as Birkirkara thrash Raiders Luxol 12–0| publisher=Goal.com| date=October 22, 2020| access-date=November 10, 2020}} She has also played for Birkirkara in the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League.{{cite web| url= https://www.goal.com/en/news/oduro-shines-despite-birkirkara-defeat-against-olimpia-cluj/2072ntldxugl1ryso3r5mpdho| title= Oduro shines despite Birkirkara defeat against Olimpia Cluj| publisher=Goal.com| date=November 4, 2020| access-date=November 10, 2020}} In February 2021, Oduro signed for Icelandic 1. deild kvenna side Grindavík.{{cite news| url= https://umfg.is/knattspyrna/kanadiskur-framherji-til-lids-vid-grindavik/| title=Kanadískur framherji til liðs við Grindavík| language=is| work=Grindavík| date=February 17, 2021| access-date=March 6, 2021}} She scored 14 goals in 17 matches for Grindavík.{{cite web| url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1143628/prolific-ghanaian-striker-christabel-oduro-ready.html| title=Prolific Ghanaian striker Christabel Oduro ready to switch from Canada to play for Ghana| publisher=ModernGhana| date=March 8, 2022| access-date=April 26, 2022}} She later played for Woodbridge Strikers in the 2021 Women's League1 Ontario season.{{cite web| url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/50394462?subseason=760204| title=Christabel Oduro| publisher=League1 Ontario|access-date=November 10, 2021}} Ahead of the 2022 1. deild kvenna season, she signed for Víkingur.{{cite news |author1=Brynjar Ingi Erluson |title=Oduro frá Grindavík í Víking (Staðfest) |url=https://www.fotbolti.net/news/17-02-2022/oduro-fra-grindavik-i-viking-stadfest |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=Fótbolti.net |date=17 February 2022 |language=Icelandic}} In October 2022, Oduro signed for Turkish team Beşiktaş.{{cite news| url=https://bjk.com.tr/en/news/84662/christabel-oduro-switches-to-besiktas-vodafone.html| title=Christabel Oduro switches to Beşiktaş Vodafone| work=Beşiktaş| date=11 October 2022| access-date=26 October 2022}} In July 2023, Oduro joined French Division 2 Féminine side FC Nantes.{{cite web| url=https://www.fcnantes.com/articles/article2809.php?num=43252| title=LES NOUVEAUX VISAGES DE LA D2F| language=fr| publisher=FC Nantes Women|date=25 July 2023| accessdate=12 December 2023}}

In September 2024, she moved again to Turkey, and joined the Diyarbakır-based club Amed.

In January 2025, Oduro signed with Halifax Tides FC in the Northern Super League.

International career

Oduro played for Canada under-20s at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where Canada finished second.{{cite news| url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-wnt-announces-march-roster-p149686%26t%3Darticle_canadasoccer100| title=Canada WNT announces March roster| publisher=Canadian Soccer Association| date=March 17, 2012| access-date=May 29, 2020| archive-date=September 9, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035511/https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-wnt-announces-march-roster-p149686%26t%3Darticle_canadasoccer100| url-status=dead}} She also represented them at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where the team failed to reach the knockout stages of the competition.{{cite news| url= https://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/3086873-fail-to-advance/| title= Fail to advance| work=Brampton Guardian| date=August 28, 2012| access-date=May 29, 2020}}

In March 2012, Oduro received her first call up to the Canada women's national soccer team. She played for Canada in the 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup, where Canada finished second. In total, Oduro has made five appearances, including four starts, for Canada. All of her appearances for Canada were in non-competitive matches.{{cite news| url= https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Canada-s-Christabel-Oduro-wants-to-switch-nationality-to-Ghana-754311| title=Canada's Christabel Oduro wants to switch nationality to Ghana| work=GhanaWeb| date=June 12, 2019| access-date=May 29, 2020}} In 2019, Oduro said that she wanted to play for the Ghana women's national football team. She would be eligible as she has not yet played in a competitive fixture for Canada. In 2022, Oduro said that she wanted to switch football nationalities to Ghana.

References

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{{cite web|url=https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0122/9830/Pro_List_-_development_tracker.pdf|title=Pro: First Youth Registration List}}

{{cite web| url= https://www.birkirkarafc.com/PlayersStatistics.php?team_code=W| title=Player Statistics| publisher=Birkirkara| access-date=March 20, 2021}}

{{cite web| url=https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikmadur/?leikmadur=349990| title=Christabel Oduro| publisher=Football Association of Iceland| access-date=September 21, 2021}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=2459469 |website=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Christabel Oppong Oduro |language=tr |access-date=26 October 2022 }}

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