Janet Okeke

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Janet Okeke
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Okeke with Canada at the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-03-01) March 1, 2006 (age 19) [1]
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Florida State Seminoles
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 NC State Wolfpack 10 (0)
2025– Florida State Seminoles 0 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 CF Montreal Academy 3 (0)
2025– FC Laval 8 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Canada U-17 10 (0)
2024– Canada U-20 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 15, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of September 11, 2024

Janet Okeke (born March 1, 2006) is a Canadian college soccer player who plays as a defender for the Florida State Seminoles. She previously played for the NC State Wolfpack. She is a youth international for Canada.

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Early life

Okeke was born in Montreal and raised in the suburb of Laval. Her parents, Augustina and Kalu, moved to Canada from Nigeria. She started playing soccer with CS Fabrose at age five. She later played for Soccer Quebec's EXCEL team. [1] [2] She won silver representing Quebec at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, where she was named to the all-star team. [3] She attended École Secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval. [4]

College career

After making 10 starts for the NC State Wolfpack in her freshman season in 2024, Okeke transferred to the Florida State Seminoles. [5]

International career

Okeke joined Canada's national youth set-up at age 15 in 2021. She helped Canada win bronze at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and played at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [1]

Okeke received her first senior national team call-up on November 21, 2024, ahead of international friendlies against Iceland and South Korea. [6]

Honours

Canada

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Janet Okeke". Canadian Soccer Association. January 28, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Janet Okeke". NC State Wolfpack . Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ Lidbetter, Mark (May 31, 2023). "CF Montreal committed to growing women's soccer". The Suburban . Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Janet Okeke reçoit une bourse du CF Montréal". Courrier Laval (in French). May 16, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  5. ↑ "FSU Soccer Announces Transfer Signing Janet Okeke". Florida State Seminoles. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ Davidson, Neil (November 21, 2024). "Youth internationals Janet Okeke, Nyah Rose receive first senior call-up for Canada friendlies". Toronto Sun . Retrieved November 21, 2024.
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