Christabel Oduro


Christabel Oppong Oduro is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for Swedish club IFK Kalmar. She has made five appearances for the Canada women's national soccer team and played domestic football in Canada, the United States, Germany, Israel and Sweden.

Personal life

Oduro is from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She has Ghanaian heritage 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. She studied at the University of Memphis, where she joined their soccer program.

Career

Club career

In 2014, Oduro signed for Ottawa Fury. In 2015, she signed for German team Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal. She scored 10 goals in 20 games for HSV, before leaving the club in 2016 to return to Canada for personal reasons. In 2016, she made 13 appearances and scored 12 goals for the Woodbridge Strikers in League1 Ontario that year. From 2016 to 2019, Oduro played for Israeli team Ramat HaSharon. Ramat HaSharon finished second 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.

International career

Oduro played for Canada under-20s at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where Canada finished second. 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.
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. 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.