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The women’s game

Number 01 · The professional game

Mwanalima Adam Jereko

MID · HB Køge · Denmark · 2020–present

The first Kenyan woman in the NWSL

66

Total score of 80

20

League strength (25)

17

Prestige (20)

15

Titles won (20)

14

Impact (15)

Out of Likoni

Born in Likoni, Mombasa in 1997, she came through Mombasa Olympic Ladies and joined Thika Queens — now Kenya Police Bullets — in 2018, finishing as the Kenyan Women's Premier League's leading scorer in an unbeaten title season in 2021.

Turkey

Hakkarigücü Spor signed her later in 2021. Eleven goals in her first seventeen matches made her the team's captain by 2023.

The United States

In August 2024 she signed for the Kansas City Current, becoming the first Kenyan woman to play in the NWSL, and won the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.

Denmark

Loaned to HB Køge in July 2025 and signed permanently that November on a deal to 2027, she has since won the Danish championship and the Super Cup and played in Champions League qualifying.

Kenya

Captain of the Harambee Starlets since her senior debut in 2015, with nineteen international goals, and most valuable player at the 2026 Four Nations tournament in Zambia.

Honours and milestones

  • Danish Women's Championship
  • Danish Super Cup
  • NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
  • Kenyan Women's Premier League
  • Four Nations MVP, 2026

Career record

Mombasa Olympic Ladies, Thika Queens, Hakkarigücü Spor, Kansas City Current, HB Køge

Kenya: Captain, Harambee Starlets · 19 international goals

Did you know

First Kenyan woman in the NWSL, then a double in Denmark

Kansas City signed her in August 2024 — no Kenyan woman had played in the NWSL before. Eighteen months later she was a Danish champion and Super Cup winner with HB Køge, on a permanent deal to 2027, playing Champions League qualifiers. She captains Kenya and had to wait a decade from her debut for the Starlets to reach a WAFCON.

First

Kenyan woman to play in the NWSL

19

International goals for Kenya

2

Danish trophies with HB Køge

Jereko signs a permanent deal with HB Køge — Kansas City Current
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