Francisca Ordega

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Francisca Ordega
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Ordega with Piteå IF in 2014
Personal information
Full name Francisca Ordega [1]
Date of birth (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 18
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Bayelsa Queens
2011–2012 Rivers Angels
2012–2013 Rossiyanka
2013–2014 Piteå IF 34 (4)
2015–2018 Washington Spirit 41 (9)
2016–2017 → Sydney FC (loan) 6 (1)
2017–2018 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 8 (0)
2019–2021 Shanghai Shengli
2021 Levante 3 (0)
2021– CSKA Moscow 63 (25)
International career‡
2010 Nigeria U17
2012 Nigeria U20
2010– Nigeria 26 [2] (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2019

Francisca Ordega (born 19 October 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Women's Football Championship.

Contents

She represents Nigeria women's national football team (Super Falcons) at both the FIFA Women's World Cup and African Women's Championship. She has been nominated for the best female African footballer. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Playing career

Club

Bayelsa Queens

Ordega began her career at the youth level for Bayelsa Queens, before being promoted to the professional side in 2008 where she played at Nigerian Women's Championship. [6]

Rivers Angels

In 2011, she moved to Rivers Angels, one of the top clubs in Nigerian Women's Championship. [6]

WFC Rossiyanka

In 2012, Ordega left Nigeria to sign with Russian champions Rossiyanka of the Russian Women's Football Championship. [6] In November 2012, it was announced that Ordega and Rossiyanka had mutually parted ways. [7]

Piteå IF

In 2013, Ordega signed for Piteå IF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. [8] She scored her first goal on 26 May 2013 in a draw against Vittsjö GIK. [9] Between 2013 and 2015, she made 34 appearances and scored 4 goals during her time in Sweden. [10]

Washington Spirit

Ordega then moved across the North Atlantic and signed with Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League. [6] [11] In her first season with the Spirit, Ordega scored three goals and made two assists. She returned in 2016 to score two goals during the regular season. The Nigerian's most memorable Spirit goal came in the NWSL Semifinal when she scored in extra time to send the Spirit to its first ever NWSL Championship. [6]

In July 2017, Ordega suffered a knee injury that would limit her minutes for the remainder of the season. [12] Despite the injury, she would still earn 14 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

Loan to Sydney FC

In December 2016, Sydney FC signed Ordega on loan from Washington for the remainder of the 2016–17 W-League season. [13] The loan made her the first African to play in the Australian W-League. [14] [15] Ordega would make six appearances and score once helping Sydney earn 3rd place in the league.

Loan to Atlético Madrid

On 20 October 2017, Ordega joined Spanish club Atlético Madrid on a six-month loan from Washington. [16] [17] She made her debut on 1 November 2017 against Barcelona. [18]

Move to Shanghai WFC

Ordega secured a one-year move to Shanghai WFC [19]

Levante UD

In April 2021, Ordega signed a deal with Levante UD running until 2023, in an attempt to boost their pursuit of qualifying for Champions League football for the first time in their history. [20] Ordega made her debut on 22 May 2021 against Madrid CFF, coming an as a substitute in the 67th minute in a 3–2 victory. [21]

International career

Ordega represented the Nigeria women's national football team in all levels. With the under 17, she played the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and with the under 20 at 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior level she played in the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments of 2011, 2015 and 2019. [22] [ circular reference ] [23] At the latter she opened her World Cup account by scoring Nigeria's equalizing goal against Sweden on 8 June 2015 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The pulsating match ended 3–3 in the opening game of Group D. [24]

She was also part of Nigeria's squads at the African Women's Championship of 2010 and 2014, winning both tournaments. [3]

In 2018, She was also a member of the Nigerian squad who won the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations in Ghana, A tournament where she had two goals and two assists and won the woman of the match award at the final game against South Africa. [25] She was part of the Super Falcons squad that won the 2021 Turkish Women's Cup [26] in Antalya, Turkey in February and thereby becoming the first African team to win the invitational tournament.

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. [27]

International goals

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
1 November 2010 Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
5–0
5–0
 2010 African Women's Championship
2
17 October 2014 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
2–0
2–0
 2014 African Women's Championship
3
8 June 2015 Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Canada Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3–3
3–3
 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
4
20 November 2016 Stade Municipal de Limbe, Limbe, Cameroon Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
1–0
6–0
 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations
5
21 November 2018 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
2–0
4–0
 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations
6
24 November 2018Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
1–0
6–0

Honours

Rivers Angels
Atlético Madrid
Nigeria

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