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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References
External links
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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
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