Ifunanya Okoro

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Ifunanya Okoro
No. 9–Iraklis Thessalonikis
PositionPoint Guard
League A1 National Division
Personal information
Born (1999-07-06) July 6, 1999 (age 25)
Arochukwu, Abia State
Nationality Nigeria
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight150 lb (68 kg)
Career history
2016-2018First Deepwater Basketball Club
2018–2019First Bank BC
2019MFM Queens
2022–2022First Bank BC
2022–2023Kenya Ports Authority
2023–2024 Tindastóll
2024– Iraklis Thessalonikis
Career highlights and awards
KBF League 2023 - MVP
Medals
AfroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Rwanda
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat 3x3

Ifunanya Okoro (born 6 July 1999) is a Nigerian basketball player who plays for the Iraklis Thessalonikis and the Nigeria women's national basketball team. [1]

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Professional career

Okoro started her career with First Deepwater Basketball Club in 2016.[ citation needed ] [2] In 2018, she joined First Bank BC and participated in the 2018 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup where she averaged 1.4 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.2 assits. She played the Final 8 Tournament of the Zenith Women Basketball League for First Bank BC [3] and she was named in the 2019 Zenith Women Basketball League season Top 5 players of the Season. [4] In 2019 December signed at MFM Queens and participated in the 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup where she averaged 13.8 points, 5 rebounds, 4.5 assists. [5]

In 2022, she played for First Bank BC and later joined the Kenya Ports Authority of Kenya-Premier League, she participated in the 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup [6] where she averaged 20.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. [7] [8] [9] [10] She also made the 5 player All-Star team Selection of the 8 day Tournament. [11] She was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2023 Kenyan Basketball Federation (KBF) Premier League in her first Season of the League. [12] [13]

She joined the Tindastóll women's basketball department of the Ungmennafélagið Tindastóll sport club and is based in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland. [14] [15]

National team career

Okoro played 3x3 basketball for the Nigeria 3x3 basketball national team and she won Gold in the 2019 African Games. [16] [17] [18] She also played for the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2023 Women's Afrobasket tournament where she averaged 10 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists. [19] [20] She also participated in the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments where she averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. [21] [22]

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References

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