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Officer of the Order of the Niger
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chioma Okafor | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Blantyre, Malawi | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward (association football) | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UConn Huskies | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | UConn Huskies | 42 | (22) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Nigeria | 0 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 August 2025 | |||
Chioma Okafor OON (born 20 March 2003) is a Nigerian-Malawian [1] [2] footballer who plays as a Forward for the UConn Huskies women's soccer team and the Nigeria women's national team. [3] She was born in Malawi to a Nigerian father and a Malawian mother.
Okafor joined the women's soccer team at the University of Connecticut in 2022, after graduating from the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. She was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2024 and was named to the prestigious trophy's watchlist in August 2025 ahead of her senior season. [4]
She was part of the Nigerian women national team squad that won the 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations and was awarded the national honour Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), a hundred thousand dollars and a three-bedroom apartment at the Renewed Hope Estate in Abuja. [5] [6]
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