Uchenna Grace Kanu (born 20 June 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Internationally, Kanu represents the Nigeria women's national team.

International career

Kanu represented Nigeria at the

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and the

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. She made her senior debut on 8 April 2019 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Canada.

International goals

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* * * * 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Abia State Nigerian women's footballers Nigeria women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Women's Premier Soccer League 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 Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Southeastern Fire women's soccer players Damallsvenskan players Sevilla FC (women) players Linköpings FC players Primera División (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden {{nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub