Freda Ayisi

Freda Ayisi (born 21 October 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Watford. She has previously played for Lewes WFC, Birmingham WFC in the 2017 FA Women's Cup final and Arsenal when they won the 2014 FA Women's Cup Final.

Life Ayisi was born in Ghana in 1994.

Ayisi began playing football at Arsenal where in her first season she scored against FC Kairat in the Champions league. She later said that this was the highlight of her time with "the gunners". In March 2015, Manchester City goalkeeper Karen Bardsley was given a three-match ban for violent conduct in a goalless draw with Birmingham City, after she had a fight with Ayisi. Ayisi was expelled from the match immediately by the referee. Bardsley later said, "Passions ran high against Birmingham. Viewing the footage again, I regret the incident with Freda Ayisi. Whilst I was provoked, it was out of character for me to react in that way."

In the same year Ayisi scored against Sunderland when Birmingham were facing relegation. However Sunderland scored an equaliser. In 2017 she was playing at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 FA Women's Cup final representing Birmingham against Manchester City.

In August 2018 she and Melissa Johnson joined Leicester City for the 2018–19 season. before Ayisi joined the London City Lionesses. The Athletic compared Ayisi to Dimitar Berbatov based on her videos which include gaining control of a ball thrown from a fourth storey window. Ayisi liked that one as it was popular and gained an endorsement from pundit Ian Wright.

Ayisi joined Charlton in 2022. In May 2023 she met Nora Häuptle who had recently taken the job of managing the Ghana women's national football team. Häuptle noted that Ayisi played well for the team scoring Charlton's only goal in a draw against Crystal Palace.

Ayisi's TikTok videos have found her 560,000 followers. In 2023 she will be involved with Soccer Aid

In February 2024 she played in her first international match for Ghana as they competed against Zambia. She was replaced by Gifty Assifuah in the next match which they lost.

In the summer of 2024 Ayisi joined Hashtag United in the National League Southern Premier division.

On 21 July 2025, it was announced Ayisi had signed for Watford.

On 7 Aug 2026, Ayisi Joined AFC Wimbledon Women