Number 01 · The professional game
Mwanalima Adam Jereko
MID · HB Køge · Denmark · 2020–present
The first Kenyan woman in the NWSL
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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