[2] He then played for English club Evesham United during the 2010–11 season while also featuring in the reserve team squad at Forest Green Rovers.

[7] English manager Graham Potter was in charge of the club and he had already signed two other Ghanaians who were studying with Accam at Hartpury College.

[12] After he made the announcement, Accam was linked with a move away from Tigres,[13] Eintracht Frankfurt and VfB Stuttgart,[14] a number of English clubs[15] and CSKA Moscow.

[17] Despite initially denying the move,[18] Accam signed as a designated player with Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer on 19 December 2014.

[24][25] He made his competitive debut for the side on 1 April against Trelleborgs FF in the quarter-final of the Svenska Cupen, the main domestic cup.

[26] On 30 May 2021, Accam won the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen with Hammarby IF, through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against BK Häcken in the final, where he scored his attempt.

[30] Accam received his first call-up to the Ghana national team for a 2014 World Cup qualification match against Sudan on 24 March 2013, in which he was an unused substitute.

[34] On 15 November 2014, Accam made his international debut for Ghana in a 1–0 defeat to Uganda in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute for Christian Atsu.