Chinyelu Asher

Jamaican footballer (born 1993)

Chinyelu Asher

Asher with Jamaica in 2018

Personal information
Full name|  Chinyelu Bessum Asher[1]
Date of birth|  (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth|  Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Height|  1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  DC Power FC
Number|  14
College career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2011–2013|  Purdue Boilermakers|  58|  (9)
2014|  Louisville Cardinals|  18|  (1)
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|  25|  (2)
2023|  Coppermine United|  8|  (1)
2023–2024|  Torreense|  4|  (0)
2024–2025|  Mazatlán|  30|  (0)
2025–|  DC Power FC|  0|  (0)
International career‡
2012|  Jamaica U-20|  4|  (5)
2015–|  Jamaica|  29|  (6)

Medal record

Representing  Jamaica
CONCACAF W Championship
| 2018 United States |
| 2022 Mexico |

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Chinyelu Bessum Asher (born 20 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club DC Power FC. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.

## Early life

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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

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Between 2011 and 2013, Asher played for the Purdue Boilermakers.[2] She later transferred to Louisville Cardinals in 2014.[3]

## Club career

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Asher joined BIIK-Kazygurt in 2016 and played 7 matches of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.[4] She later joined Santa Fe,[5] 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.[6] Asher joined Stabæk in January 2019.[7]

Asher re-joined Washington Spirit on 8 April 2021.[8]

On 4 July 2025, Asher signed a contract with DC Power FC of the USL Super League.[9]

## International career

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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.[10]

### International goals

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Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition

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| 25 August 2015 | Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |  Dominica |

7–0

13–0

| 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification

| 11 May 2018 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |  Martinique | 1–0 |

3–0

| 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification

| 23 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Colombia |

2–1

| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

| 2 September 2018 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica |  Cuba | 6–1 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification

6–0

## Personal life

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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.

## References

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1. ^ "Chinyelu Bessum Asher – Profil" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund.
2. ^ "Chinyelu Asher – 2013". Purdue. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. ^ "Chinyelu Asher – 2014". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
4. ^ "Chinyelu Asher". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
5. ^ "Chinyelu Asher". ceroacero. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
6. ^ "Four Washington Spirit players named to provisional rosters for Concacaf Women's Championship". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
7. ^ "JAMAICANSK LANDSLAGSSPILLER HAR SIGNERT". Stabæk Fotball. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
8. ^ Small, Jordan (8 April 2021). "Washington Spirit Sign Chinyelu Asher, Camryn Biegalski and Cali Farquharson". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
9. ^ "DC Power Football Club Signs Jamaican Women's National Team Midfielder Chinye Asher". DC Power Football Club. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
10. ^ Miller, Nick (9 June 2019). "Brazil 3–0 Jamaica: Women's World Cup 2019 – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

## External links

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* Chinyelu Asher at Soccerway

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DC Power FC - current squad

* 1 Aquino
* 2 Bagley
* 3 Fitch
* 4 Theoret
* 5 Colton
* 6 Cummings
* 7 Frilles
* 9 Duong
* 10 Ngock
* 11 Bedoya
* 12 Constant
* 13 Gourley
* 14 Asher
* 16 Gilbert
* 17 Estcourt
* 20 Murnin
* 21 Guillou
* 22 Almendariz
* 23 Detrizio
* 30 Abera
* 43 Gottschalk

* Head coach: Namazi

Jamaica squads

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Jamaica squad – 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship third place

* 1 Schneider
* 2 Silver
* 3 Foster
* 4 C. Swaby
* 5 Plummer
* 6 Chang
* 7 Asher
* 8 Shim
* 9 Sweatman
* 10 Brown
* 11 Shaw
* 12 Campbell
* 13 McClure
* 14 Blackwood
* 15 Matthews
* 16 Bond-Flasza
* 17 A. Swaby
* 18 Carter
* 19 Patterson
* 20 Washington
* Coach: Menzies

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Jamaica squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

* 1 Schneider
* 2 Silver
* 3 Hudson-Marks
* 4 C. Swaby
* 5 Plummer (c)
* 6 Solaun
* 7 Asher
* 8 Shim
* 9 Sweatman
* 10 Brown
* 11 Shaw
* 12 Campbell
* 13 McClure
* 14 Blackwood
* 15 Cameron
* 16 Bond-Flasza
* 17 A. Swaby
* 18 Carter
* 19 Patterson
* 20 Matthews
* 21 Adamolekun
* 22 Grey
* 23 Jamieson
* Coach: Menzies

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Jamaica squad – 2022 CONCACAF W Championship third place

* 1 Schneider
* 2 Murray
* 3 Sampson
* 4 C. Swaby
* 5 Bailey
* 6 Solaun
* 7 Asher
* 8 McCoy
* 9 Spence
* 10 Brown
* 11 Shaw
* 12 Hylton-Pelaia
* 13 Spencer
* 14 Blackwood
* 15 Van Zanten
* 16 Bailey-Gayle
* 17 A. Swaby
* 18 Carter
* 19 Wiltshire
* 20 Primus
* 21 Adamolekun
* 22 Grey
* 23 Jamieson
* Coach: Donaldson

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