Josephine Chukwunonye

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Josephine Chukwunonye
Personal information
Full name Josephine Chiwendu Chukwunonye [1]
Date of birth (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Kungsbacka
Number 24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2015 Rivers Angels
2015 Washington Spirit 2 (0)
2016 Vittsjö GIK 10 (1)
2018 Asarums IF 19 (1)
2019- Kungsbacka 2 (0)
International career‡
2012 Nigeria U20 6 (0)
2011– Nigeria 25 [2] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2015

Josephine Chiwendu Chukwunonye (born 19 March 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kungsbacka DFF and the Nigeria women's national team. She has previously played for Nigerian domestic side Rivers Angels for seven years, and for Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League.

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Club career

After seven years playing for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship, in June 2015 it was announced Chukwunonye was joining the National Women's Soccer League side Washington Spirit. She was signed at the same time as Australian international Hayley Raso, with the announcement coming the day before the Nigeria women's national football team played Australia in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Chukwunonye said at the time, "I am excited to join the Washington Spirit family; it's a thing of joy and a dream come true for me, I love playing with great players like Crystal Dunn, who I faced in the U20 World Cup in 2012. I am excited to work with coach Parsons because I know he will bring out the best in me." Chukwunonye was the second Nigerian international in the squad, joining Francisca Ordega. [3] [4] After playing two games for the team, she was released in December 2015. [5]

In March 2016, both Chukwynonye and fellow Nigerian international Ngozi Okobi were signed by Swedish side Vittsjö GIK. They had previously played together at the Washington Spirit, and on their move to Vittsjö GIK, they joined two other Nigerian internationals there, Nkem Ezurike and Ifeoma Dieke. Chukwynonye said "I am excited to join the Vittsjo family; it's a thing of joy and a dream come true for me, I am eager to prove myself and give my very best to propel the club to glory". [6]

International career

Chukwunonye has represented Nigeria on junior levels at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior level she was part of Nigeria's squads in the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments of 2011 and 2015 as well as the African Women's Championship in the 2010, 2012 and 2014 editions, winning the tournament three times (2010 and 2014), and the 2018 Africa women’s championship.) [7]

Honours

International

Nigeria

Club

Rivers Angels

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association . Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nigerian defender Josephine Chukwunonye set to join Spirit after the Women's World Cup". Washington Spirit. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Player profile". Washington Spirit. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Spirit Waive DefenderJosephine Chukwynonye". NWSL. 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Vittsjö switch excite Super Falcons duo Josephine Chukwunonye & Ngozi Okobi". Yahoo! News. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "FIFA player stats". FIFA . Retrieved 29 June 2015.[ dead link ]
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