Faith Michael (née Ikidi; born 28 February 1987) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a defender for

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

club

Piteå IF Piteå Idrottsförening, commonly known as Piteå IF, is a Swedish football club located in Piteå that currently competes in Sweden's top-division women's league, Damallsvenskan. In 2018, they won the Swedish national Championship for the firs ...

and the Nigeria women's national team.

Early life

Born in Port Harcourt, Ikidi was raised in

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Club career

In 2006, Ikidi was one of three Nigerian players to be the first set of Africans to play in the Swedish Championship while playing for

QBIK QBIK is a Swedish football team from Karlstad. In 2005 they achieved promotion to the Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division ...

. In December 2015, Ikidi signed a two-year extension with Piteå.

International career

Ikiri has represented Nigeria on the senior national team since 2004. In November 2006, she helped the team win its fifth

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after defeating

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1–0.

Honors and awards

International

Nigeria *

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Winner:

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Team
''with Linköping FC'' * Damallsvenskan: 2009 * Super Cup Women: 2010 Individual * Damallsvenskan Defender of the Year: 2015 Team
''with Piteå'' * Damallsvenskan: 2018

Personal life

Ikidi married husband Nick Michael on 12 December 2015.

References

External links

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Piteå profile

Linkoping profile
1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Port Harcourt Nigerian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Klepp IL players QBIK players Eskilstuna United DFF players Linköpings FC players Piteå IF (women) players Damallsvenskan players Olympic footballers of Nigeria Nigeria women's international footballers 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Bayelsa Queens F.C. players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub