Maureen Nkeiruka Mmadu (born 7 May 1975) is a Nigerian

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and former midfielder. As a player she most recently represented

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of ...

, a First Division team based on Norway's west coast. She played for several other teams in Norway's

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as well for

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and

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 the Swedish

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Career

She previously played for

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in the Norwegian

. Mmadu played for Kolbotn in Oslo, Norway, for the 2010 season, helping them to 3rd place in the

league. She can be seen playing for

in an off-season tournament in Oslo on 5 February 2012

International career

She is also a member for Nigeria and has made more than 100 appearances for the Nigeria women's national football team, including appearing at four

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s and has competed in the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Contrary to reports that she played more than 100 games for the Nigeria women's national football team, the Nigeria Football Federation has said she only played 52 games.

References

1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Onitsha Nigerian women's footballers Nigeria women's international footballers Olympic footballers of Nigeria Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Linköpings FC players Damallsvenskan players QBIK players Toppserien players Klepp IL players SK Brann Kvinner players Amazon Grimstad players Kolbotn Fotball players Avaldsnes IL players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Women's association football midfielders {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub