Alaba Jonathan

Alaba Jonathan

Jonathan at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Alaba Jonathan
Date of birth	(1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Calabar, Nigeria
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Pelican Stars
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Pelican Stars
	Bayelsa Queens
International career
	Nigeria U-20
	Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alaba Jonathan (born 1st June 1992 Calabar, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pelican Stars.

Career

Development

Alaba Jonathan began her career in the youth of the Navy Angels. After she failed to qualify for the senior team of the Navy Angels, she moved to the Pelican Stars in spring 2010 where she remains under contract. ^[1]

National team

Jonathan is a member of Nigeria's national team and has played at least once for the team. ^[2] Jonathan represented her home country as a third goalkeeper at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. ^[3] Previously in 2010, she participated in the U-20 World Cup for the Nigeria U-20's. ^[4]

She was shortlisted by coach Thomas Dennerby to be among the 27 women's team that will feature in the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup in Austria. ^{[5] [6]}

International career

Alaba Jonathan was in goal as the Falconets reached the final of the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany ^[7] . It was the first time an African team would play in the final of a major FIFA women’s tournament, a feat the Falconets repeated in 2014 in Canada. Alaba went on to feature for the Super Falcons and was in goal when the team won the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon in 2016.

Senior Level & Super Falcons:

Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Saturday emerged African champions with a hard-earned victory over Cameroon ^[8] . The Falcons’ 1-0 defeat of the Lionesses ensured that they retained the AWCON title they won two years ago. The match proved to be a particularly stern test for the Nigerian team. The Cameroonians created several chances; goalkeeper Jonathan Alaba was called to action on a number of occasions, as the Lionesses tried in vain to break the deadlock

Club career

Bayelsa Queens FC: Super 4 champion and Bayelsa Queens goalkeeper Alaba Jonathan says her performance during the competition was her response to questions whether she was ready for a bigger role as a national team player ^[9] .

Participate in

2019 Fifa Women's World Cup

Nigeria

Head coach: Thomas Dennerby

A 27-player provisional squad was revealed on 13 May 2019. ^[10] The final 23-player squad was announced on 24 May 2019. ^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Tochukwu Oluehi	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 32)			Rivers Angels
2	3 MF	Amarachi Okoronkwo	(1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 26)			Nasarawa Amazons
3	2 DF	Osinachi Ohale	(1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 27)	26	1	Växjö
4	2 DF	Ngozi Ebere	(1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (aged 27)	20	1	Arna-Bjørnar
5	2 DF	Onome Ebi	(1983-05-08)8 May 1983 (aged 36)	81	0	Henan Huishang
6	3 MF	Evelyn Nwabuoku	(1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 33)	42	3	Rivers Angels
7	4 FW	Anam Imo	(2000-11-30)30 November 2000 (aged 18)			Rosengård
8	4 FW	Asisat Oshoala	(1994-10-09)9 October 1994 (aged 24)	17	11	Barcelona
9	4 FW	Desire Oparanozie (captain)	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 25)	35	22	Guingamp
10	3 MF	Rita Chikwelu	(1988-03-06)6 March 1988 (aged 31)	33	15	Kristianstads
11	4 FW	Chinaza Uchendu	(1997-12-03)3 December 1997 (aged 21)			Braga
12	4 FW	Uchenna Kanu	(1997-06-27)27 June 1997 (aged 21)	1	0	Southeastern Fire
13	3 MF	Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene	(1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 25)	27	4	Eskilstuna United
14	2 DF	Faith Michael	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 32)	53	0	Piteå
15	4 FW	Rasheedat Ajibade	(1999-12-08)8 December 1999 (aged 19)			Avaldsnes
16	1 GK	Chiamaka Nnadozie	(2000-12-08)8 December 2000 (aged 18)			Rivers Angels
17	4 FW	Francisca Ordega	(1993-10-19)19 October 1993 (aged 25)	26	7	Shanghai  [ zh ]
18	3 MF	Halimatu Ayinde	(1995-05-16)16 May 1995 (aged 24)	12	0	Eskilstuna United
19	4 FW	Chinwendu Ihezuo	(1997-04-30)30 April 1997 (aged 22)			Henan Huishang
20	2 DF	Chidinma Okeke	(2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 18)			Robo Queens
21	1 GK	Alaba Jonathan	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 27)			Bayelsa Queens
22	4 FW	Alice Ogebe	(1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (aged 24)	7	0	Rivers Angels
23	3 MF	Ogonna Chukwudi	(1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 30)	20	3	Djurgården

Group A

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

21:00

France	4–0	South Korea
Le Sommer 9' Renard 35', 45+2' Henry 85'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,261 ^[12]

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)

21:00

Norway	3–0	Nigeria
Reiten 17' Utland 34' Ohale 37' (o.g.)	Report

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 11,058 ^[13]

Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

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12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)

15:00

Nigeria	2–0	South Korea
Kim Do-yeon 29' (o.g.) Oshoala 75'	Report

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Attendance: 11,252 ^[14]

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)

21:00

France	2–1	Norway
Gauvin 46' Le Sommer 72' (pen.)	Report	Renard 54' (o.g.)

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Attendance: 34,872 ^[15]

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

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17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)

21:00

Nigeria	0–1	France
	Report	Renard 79' (pen.)

Roazhon Park, Rennes

Attendance: 28,267 ^[16]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)

21:00

South Korea	1–2	Norway
Yeo Min-ji 78'	Report	Graham Hansen 5' (pen.) Herlovsen 51' (pen.)

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 13,034 ^[17]

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

Round of 16

22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)

17:30

Germany	3–0	Nigeria
Popp 20' Däbritz 27' (pen.) Schüller 82'	Report

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Attendance: 17,988 ^[18]

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

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References

1. Unknown (2 August 2013). "Futball Galore Media: Pelican Stars upset form books to qualify at the expense of Delta Queens".
2. "FIFA Women's World Cup: Alaba JONATHAN – Profile". Archived from the original on 1 July 2011.
3. Nordwest-Zeitung (17 June 2011). "Der WM-Kader von Nigeria". www.nwzonline.de. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
4. "U.S. U-20 WNT Ready To Take On Nigeria In Quarterfinals of 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
5. "2019 Women's World Cup: Local octet in Nigeria provisional squad". BBC Sport. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
6. Amos (25 May 2019). "Surprises as Nigeria name Women's World Cup squad". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
7. "U‑20 Success (2010)".
8. "2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations".
9. "Bayelsa Queen's FC".
10. "France 2019: Dennerby lists Ebi, Oparanozie, 25 others for World Cup final camp". Nigeria Football Federation. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
11. Okeleji, Oluwashina (25 May 2019). "2019 Women's World Cup: Veteran Onome Ebi included in Nigeria squad". BBC Sport.
12. "Match report – Group A – France v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
13. "Match report – Group A – Norway v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
14. "Match report – Group A – Nigeria v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
15. "Match report – Group A – France v Norway" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
16. "Match report – Group A – Nigeria v France" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
17. "Match report – Group A – Korea Republic v Norway" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
18. "Match report – Round of 16 – Germany v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

External links

• Alaba Jonathan – FIFA competition record (archived)