Ngozi Sonia Okobi-Okeoghene (; born 14 December 1993) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a

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for Swedish club

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and the Nigeria women's national team.

International career

Ngozi played the

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and

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with the Falconets (nickname of the younger

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s). At senior level (nicknamed Super Falcons) she was part of the squads at the

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tournaments of

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and

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, winning two of them (

and

). She also played for Nigeria at the

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. Ngozi Okobi has played for the Nigerian team albeit the under 17 squad since 2008 and got her first senior call up immediately after the U-17 tournament in 2010. The forward registered her first international goal against

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where she aided Nigeria trounce the hosts 6–0 at the

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Club career

On 23 June 2015,

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announced a deal (in principle) for the attacker from her home-town club,

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of the

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for an undisclosed fee thereby making her the third Nigerian to move to the

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club in 2015 behind attacker

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and the second in the World Cup behind defender,

Josephine Chukwunonye Josephine Chiwendu Chukwunonye (born 19 March 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kungsbacka DFF and the Nigeria women's national team. She previously played for Nigerian domesti ...

. On 6 January 2016, the Washington Spirit waived Okobi.

Style of play

She is known for her resilience and prefers playing the coveted "10" role; just behind the striker though she can play in a number of positions including attacking midfielder, winger and right wing-back.

Honours

International

; Nigeria *

(4):

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Individual

* IFFHS CAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

References

External links

* * 1993 births Living people Nigeria women's international footballers Women's association football forwards 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Nigerian women's footballers Washington Spirit players National Women's Soccer League players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Eskilstuna United DFF players Damallsvenskan players Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Delta Queens F.C. players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub