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Evelyn Badu

Ghanaian association football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ97750759 ↗
Source-derived summary

Evelyn Badu (born 11 September 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Montreal Roses FC and the Ghana national team.

She previously played for Norwegian club Avaldsnes IL and French club FC Fleury 91.

Club career

Badu has played for Hasaacas Ladies in Ghana, appearing at the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament in which she scored 5 goals and won the Golden Boot award. She moved to Norwegian club Avaldsnes IL for the 2022 season.

In March 2024, French club FC Fleury 91 announced the signing of Badu midway into the 2023–24 season.

On 26 March 2025, Norwegian 1. divisjon club Molde FK announced that they had signed Badu to a one-year contract.

On 28 January 2026, Badu was announced at Montreal Roses FC.

International career

Badu was part of the Ghana squad that competed in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but she did not play any matches. She capped at senior level during the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round).

Badu was part of the Ghanaian team which finished third at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Evelyn Badu” is ghanaian association football player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Evelyn, Badu and Ghanaian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 2021, 2022, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002-09-11. For this dossier, Evelyn, Badu and Ghanaian is the immediate research focus.
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