Albertina Francis (born 15 July 1995) is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps Team and the

Nigeria women's national volleyball team The Nigeria women's national volleyball team represents Nigeria in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Nigeria lastly qualified for the 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship where the team reache ...

Achievements

Albertina plays in

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"b" team for the

. She won back to back National Volleyball Premier League titles with Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps Team in 2019 and 2021. Albertina was part of the Nigerian Team selected for the 2018 FIVB Women's World Volleyball World Championship in

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alongside Francisca Ikhiede and Priscilla Agera. She alongside Tochukwu Nnourge, Francisca Ikhiede, Isabella Langu and

Amarachi Uchechukwu Amarachi Uchechukwu (born 2 February 2001) is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigeria Customs team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. Achievements Amarachi plays in Beach volleyball "b" team for the Nigeria women's n ...

represented Nigeria at the 2019 FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour in

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, Rio Negro Argentina. She alongside her teammates beat the Host

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in their opening game 2-1 (13-15, 15–11, 15–11). The Nigerian team were runners up when

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qualified for the postponed

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. She has also featured in the 2016 African Club Championship in

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and the 2018 African Club Championship in

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with her club team.

References

{{reflist Nigerian women's volleyball players 1996 births Living people