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Chinyelu Asher

Personal information
Full name	Chinyelu Bessum Asher
Date of birth	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Height	1.67 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AIK
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2016	BIIK-Kazygurt	7	(0)
2017	Santa Fe	7	(0)
2018	Washington Spirit Reserves	4	(0)
2019	Stabæk	14	(0)
2021	Washington Spirit	2	(0)
2022–	AIK	19	(2)
National team‡
2012	Jamaica U-20	4	(5)
2015–	Jamaica	29	(6)
Honours Representing  Jamaica CONCACAF W Championship Third 2018 United States Third 2022 Mexico
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 11 September 2022 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Chinyelu Bessum Asher (born 20 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AIK. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.

Early life

Chinyelu Asher started playing football at age 9, was taught how to play by her father, Kevin Asher, who is Jamaican. Asher ran track and cross country throughout high school, making repeated appearances to Nationals and Junior Olympics. Simultaneously, Asher played with Freestate United and would play in her school's boys' team during trainings.

College career

Between 2011 and 2013, Asher played for the Purdue Boilermakers. She later transferred to Louisville Cardinals in 2014.

Club career

Asher joined BIIK-Kazygurt in 2016 and played 7 matches of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. She later joined Santa Fe, where her team won the 2017 season and post-season tournament and played all games in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. In 2018, Asher was invited to attend preseason and was a non-roster player for Washington Spirit. Asher joined Stabæk in January 2019.

Asher re-joined Washington Spirit on 8 April 2021.

International career

Although born in the United States, Asher qualified to represent Jamaica through her father, who is Jamaican. Asher made her debut with the Jamaica U-20 in 2012 during the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Asher made her senior debut in the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification, on 25 August 2015 versus the Dominican Republic.

Asher was selected for Jamaica's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. She made her World Cup debut during the team's first group stage match against Brazil in Grenoble.

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 August 2015	Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic	Dominica	7–0	13–0	2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
2	11 May 2018	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Martinique	1–0	3–0	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
3	23 July 2018	Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia	Colombia		2–1	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
4	2 September 2018	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Cuba		6–1	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
5				6–0

Personal life

Asher's mother is of Cameroonian descent and father is of Afro-Jamaican descent, and played soccer collegiately at Howard University. Asher has an older brother named Daniel Asher, who played soccer at Saint Leo University. Asher is the second youngest of five siblings.