Related Research Articles
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the United States national team from 1987 to 2004. Hamm was the face of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels and helped the team win four NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship titles.
Association football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 and 1932. Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games.
The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in Men's international football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winners, with their most recent title in 2013. In February 2024, the Nigerian national football team was ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings. The team has qualified for six of the last eight FIFA World Cups, missing only the 2006 and 2022 editions. They have reached the round of 16 on three occasions. Their first World Cup appearance was in the 1994 edition. The team is a member of FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The Canada women's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.
The Nigeria women's national football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa's most successful international women's football team, having won a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles; their most recent title in 2018, after defeating South Africa in the final. The team is also the only women's national team from the Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinals in both the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
Alison Leigh Forman is an Australian former soccer player. Forman played 77 times for the Australia women's national soccer team and played over a decade for Fortuna Hjørring in the Danish national league.
Betsy Doon Hassett is a New Zealand footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a right winger for the New Zealand women's national football team and Stjarnan. She has previously played for German side SC Sand, English club Manchester City, Amazon Grimstad in Norway, Werder Bremen in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, Dutch club Ajax and Icelandic clubs KR and Stjarnan. Hassett represented New Zealand at the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. At youth level, she played at the 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournaments.
Jon Myong-hwa is a female North Korean football midfielder.
Ajuma Ameh-Otache was a Nigerian football midfielder and later a coach. She was part of the Nigeria women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also won the African Women's Cup of Nations that same year. At the club level, she played for Pelican Stars.
Akudo Sabi is a Nigerian football defender. She was part of the Nigeria women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was selected for the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship All-Star Team in 2004. At the club level, she played for Bayelsa Queens.
Kamma Bodil Flæng is a Danish retired football defender. She was part of the Denmark women's national football team. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing three matches. At the club level, she played for HEI Århus.
Irene Stelling is a Danish former football forward. She played for the Denmark women's national football team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Raquel de Souza Noronha, commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian football midfielder.
Jin Yan is a female Chinese former football forward. She was part of the China women's national football team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ann Agumanu-Chiejine is a Nigerian former football goalkeeper who played for the Nigeria women's national football team at the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2000 Summer Olympics. She is an assistant coach for the U17 Nigerian women's team.
Eberechi Patience Opara is a former Nigerian football defender.
Patience Avre is a Nigerian former football forward who played for the Nigeria women's national football team at the 1995, 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Nkiru Doris "NK" Okosieme is a former captain of the Nigeria women's national football team who played as a midfielder.
Florence Omagbemi is a Nigerian former football midfielder. She was part of the Nigeria women's national football team across four FIFA Women's World Cups, several Africa Women Cup of Nations and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2016, she was named interim coach of the Nigeria women's national side, having previously served as an assistant coach to the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.
Choe Yong-sim is a North Korean women's international footballer who plays as a defender.
References
- ↑ "Judith Chime - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT - FOOTBALL - Super Falcons face tough test". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ↑ "Nigeria Names Olympic Soccer Team". 24 August 2000. Retrieved 17 February 2017– via AllAfrica.
