Josephine Mathias (born 16 December 1999) is a Nigerian women's football

midfield Midfield is the part of a sports field that lies approximately in the center. In American football, association football (soccer) and field hockey, it is the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region. In ...

er, who played in the

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for

Trabzon İdmanocağı İdmanocağı or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish sports club based in Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü, which matched the The Intercontinental Derby, Istanbul derby between Fenerbahçe S.K., Fenerbahçe a ...

with jersey number 16. Mathias played in her country for

Nasarawa Amazons Nasarawa Amazons F.C. is a women's association football club based in Lafia in Nasarawa State, the club is related to the men's football club Nasarawa United. The home jersey is green, the away jersey is white with a diagonal sky blue stripe. Hi ...

. By March 2018, she moved to Turkey and joined

to play in the 2017-18 Turkish Women's First Football League. She capped six times in total, and left the team after thet were relegated to the Women's Second League. Returned to Nigeria, she signed first with

Rivers Angels Rivers Angels F.C. (formerly Larry Angels F.C.) is a Nigerian football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They play in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the top flight division in the female soccer league system. History The club wa ...

, and transferred then to her former club to Nasarawa Amazons. She was a member of the

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at the

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matches between August and October 2019.

References

Living people 1999 births People from Kaduna Nigerian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Nigeria women's international footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players Nasarawa Amazons F.C. players Rivers Angels F.C. players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub