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Osun Babes
Osun Babes F.C. (formerly Comfort Queens F.C. and Oyinlola Queens F.C.) is a football club based in Osogbo, Osun State. It was founded in 1995 under the military rule of Anthony Udofia. They participate in the elite division of female football league system in Nigeria. In 2016, the government denied any plan of selling the club to private investors. History The club was founded as Comfort Queens F.C. in 1995. It was later renamed to FSP Obi Babes F.C.. The running of the club was terminated by year 2000. The tenure of then governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola rejuvenated female football in the state and reestablished the club as Oyinlola Queens in 2004, this was later changed to Osun Babes after the election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in 2011. In 2017, the club changed some of its symbols to be more representative of the identity of state. Current squad ''Squad list for 2022 season.'' Management Notable former players *Ayisat Yusuf *Onome Ebi *Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshogbo Stadium
Osogbo Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... matches and is the home stadium of Prime F.C. and Ila Orangun FC. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. References Football venues in Nigeria Osogbo {{Nigeria-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Ohiaeriaku
Christy Ohiaeriaku (born 13 December 1996) is a Nigerian women's international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She is a member of the Nigeria women's national football team. At a club level she played for Osun Babes and Rivers Angels in Nigeria, and since 2016 for IFK Ostersund in Sweden. Football career Ohiaeriaku played for Osun Babes as their first choice goalkeeper in the inaugural Nigeria Women Premier League, where the team finished in third place. This performance resulted in the teenager being called up to the national team. She subsequently left to join reigning champions Rivers Angels after they won two subsequent league titles, before transferring back to Osun Babes in early 2016. In a statement, she thanked the team and support staff at Rivers Angels, describing them as a family. Later that year, she transferred to Swedish side IFK Ostersund on a one-year deal with a possible extension of a further year. International career Prior to the 2014 African Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Chukwunonye
Josephine Chiwendu Chukwunonye (born 19 March 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kungsbacka DFF and the Nigeria women's national team. She previously played for Nigerian domestic side Rivers Angels for seven years, and for Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League. Club career After seven years playing for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship, in June 2015 it was announced Chukwunonye was joining the National Women's Soccer League side Washington Spirit. She was signed at the same time as Australian international Hayley Raso, with the announcement coming the day before the Nigeria women's national football team played Australia in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Chukwunonye said at the time, "I am excited to join the Washington Spirit family; it's a thing of joy and a dream come true for me, I love playing with great players like Crystal Dunn, who I faced in the U20 World Cup in 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawa Ishola
Tawa Bowanle Ishola (born 23 December 1988) is a Nigerian football midfielder who played for the Nigeria women's national football team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. See also * Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nigeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Medalists Athletics Fourteen men and eighteen women qualified to represent Nigeria in athletics. ;Key * Note ... References External links * profileat ''sports-reference.com'' * 1988 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Nigerian women's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Nigeria women's international footballers Olympic footballers of Nigeria Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics FC Minsk (women) players Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus Bayelsa Queens F.C. players Osun Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onome Ebi
Onome Ebi (born 8 May 1983) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish Liga F club FC Levante Las Planas and the Nigeria women's national team. In 2019 she became the first African footballer to play in 5 FIFA World Cup Tournaments. Club career She played for Bayelsa Queens FC in the Nigerian Women's Championship before moving to Piteå IF and Djurgårdens IF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. Ebi said "I enjoyed my stay in Turkey because of the good weather. Going to Sweden was a different ball game, as the cold weather made it difficult for me to play good football. The amateur nature of the Swedish league made me launch a return to Turkey for Ataşehir Belediyespor FC in the First League." She then played for Turkish sides Düvenciler Lisesispor and Ataşehir Belediyespor at the First League. She made her Champions League debut in August 2012 while playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor. Ebi returned to the Swedish Damallsvenskan in 2013 to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayisat Yusuf
Ayisat Yusuf-Aromire (born 6 March 1985) is a retired Nigerian female football player, who now lives in Finland. Yusuf played for several clubs in Nigeria and Finland. She was a member of the Nigerian squad at the 2004 African Women's Championship, 2007 Women's World Cup and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Yusuf lives in Kannelmäki, Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U .... She married a Nigerian man and they have two children born in Finland. Sources UrheiluSuomi.com References 1985 births Nigerian women's footballers Nigeria women's international footballers 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Nigeria NiceFutis players Living people Women's association football defenders Delta Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Esther
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or '' Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rejoice Ikoyo
"Rejoice" may refer to Music * Rejoice Broadcast Network, a Christian radio network * Rejoice Records Albums * ''Rejoice'' (The Emotions album) * ''Rejoice'' (Katherine Jenkins album) (2007) * ''Rejoice'' (Pharoah Sanders album) (1981) * ''Rejoice'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album) (1981) * ''Rejoice'', a 2008 album by Sawyer Brown * ''Rejoice'' (Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela album) Songs * "Rejoice" (Il Divo song) (2005) * "Rejoice", a 2007 Andrew Jackson Jihad song from ''People That Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World'' * "Rejoice", a 1971 song by Rod Argent from ''Ring of Hands'' * "Rejoice", a 2001 song by Audio Adrenaline from ''Lift'' * "Rejoice", a 2015 song by Audio Adrenaline from ''Sound of the Saints'' * "Rejoice", a 2014 song by Devin Townsend Project from ''Z² ''Z²'' (short for ''Ziltoid 2''; pronounced " zed squared" or alternatively "zee two") is a double album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend and his musical project Devin Townsend Projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiodun Adedayo
Abiodun may refer to: *Abiodun (Oyo ruler) Abiodun (reigned 1770–1789) was an 18th-century '' alaafin,'' or king, of the Oyo people in what is now Nigeria. Oyo Empire Coming to the throne shortly after the Oyo subjugation of neighboring Dahomey, Abiodun soon found himself embroiled ..., ruler of the Oyo people * Abiodun (musician) (born 1972), Nigerian-German musician See also * * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Peter
Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Laclede County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Grace, Montana, an unincorporated community * Grace, Hampshire County, West Virginia * Grace, Roane County, West Virginia Elsewhere * Grace (lunar crater), on the Moon * Grace, a crater on Venus People with the name * Grace (given name), a feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Grace (surname), a surname, including a list of people with the name Religion Theory and practice * Grace (prayer), a prayer of thanksgiving said before or after a meal * Divine grace, a theological term present in many religions * Grace in Christianity, the benevolence shown by God toward humank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
