Vera Okolo (born 5 January 1985) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for the

Nigeria women's national football team The Nigeria national women's football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. The team is by far Africa's most successful international women ...

. She played for the

Delta Queens Delta Queens is a women's football club in Delta State, Nigeria. It is one of the most successful Nigerian club sides. They compete in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the highest division of female football in the country. History Delta Quee ...

in the

Nigerian Women's Championship The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the men's league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Nigeria Wome ...

Playing career

International

Okolo was put forward for the team at the 2004 Olympics by coach Isamaila Mabo. After the matches she was nominated to be

African Women's Footballer of the Year African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual award for Africa's best female football player. It is awarded by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in December each year. Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala has won the award a record five times. ...

but the award was eventually made to Perpetua Nkwocha.Okolo seeks help for injury
Oluwashina Okeleji, December 2007, BBC, Retrieved 2 February 2016 She played in Algiers in 2007 and scored the game-winning goal. Okolo was amongst the team who refused to return from Algiers until they were paid. They had been promised money when they returned to Nigeria, but experience told them that these promises would be broken. Each team member was eventually paid $1m Nigerian by the President.Vera Okolo
Vanguardngr.com, Retrieved 2 February 2016 Okolo was involved in a dispute with the Nigerian Football Association following her injury in 2007 whilst playing for her country. She wanted an operation in Germany but there was a dispute about who would pay for it.

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* 1985 births Living people Nigerian women's footballers Nigeria women's international footballers Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Nigeria 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards Delta Queens F.C. players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub