Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine (17 May 1983 – 21 August 2019) was a Nigerian

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striker. She last played for SSVSM-Kairat Almaty in the Kazakhstani Championship. She had also played for

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in USA's W-League, KMF Kuopio and PK-35 Vantaa in

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and Zvezda Perm in

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International career

She had been a senior international, taking part in the 1999,

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and 2007

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and the

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and

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. As of 2007 she had scored 15 goals in 61 games for Nigeria.

Death

She died on 21 August 2019 following a brief illness.

References

1983 births 2019 deaths Footballers from Lagos Nigerian women's footballers Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate women's footballers in Finland Expatriate women's footballers in Russia Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Place of death missing Nigeria women's international footballers 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Nigeria Women's association football forwards F.C. Indiana players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Zvezda 2005 Perm players PK-35 Vantaa (women) players CSHVSM-Kairat players 21st-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub