Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe (born August 18, 1989 in

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player who played as a middle blocker for

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and now plays for

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. She was born in Hațeg to a Romanian mother and

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father, both

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s, and was raised in

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. One of her brothers, Chike, plays handball professionally.

Honours

Clubs

* 2011, 2012, 2013 Swiss Championship – Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2011, 2012, 2013 Swiss Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2010, 2011 Swiss Super Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Romanian Championship – Champion, with Metal Galați * 2007, 2008, 2009 Romanian Cup – Champion, with Metal Galați * 2017–18 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with

CSM Volei Alba Blaj Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's volleyball club based in Blaj, Transylvania, Romania, that competed in the CEV Cup. History In 2018, Alba reached the CEV Champions L ...

Individual awards

*'' 2017–18 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"'' * '' 2017 Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year'' * '' 2018 Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year''

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at FIVB 1989 births Living people Romanian women's volleyball players Romanian expatriates in Switzerland People from Hunedoara County Romanian people of Nigerian descent European Games competitors for Romania Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games {{Romania-volleyball-bio-stub

Honours

Clubs

Individual awards

See also

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