Ngozi Ebere

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Ngozi Ebere
Personal information
Full name Ngozi Ebere [1]
Date of birth (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
?–2015 Rivers Angels
2015–2017 Paris Saint-Germain 6 (0)
2017–2019 Barcelona FA 25 (7)
2019 Arna-Bjørnar 15 (2)
International career‡
2010 Nigeria U20 2 (0)
2015– Nigeria 20 [2] (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2015

Ngozi Ebere (born 5 August 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for [3] and the Nigeria women's national team. She was a member of the Rivers Angels who won the Nigerian domestic double in 2014, and the Nigerian national women's team who won the 2014 African Women's Championship.

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Career

Club

In 2014, Ngozi Ebere was part of the Nigerian domestic team Rivers Angels who won the Nigerian Women Football League and Nigeria Federation Cup double. During the course of the season, Ebere scored seven goals including the third and final goal in the final match of the season in the 3–1 victory over Sunshine Queens. [4]

Ebere was signed by the French team Paris Saint-Germain in September 2015 on a two-year contract. She said at the time, "I am here to give the best of myself and to win trophies, I am very motivated by this new challenge that awaits me here in Paris. It’s a dream come true." She made her debut in a Division 1 Féminine match against Olympique Lyonnais on 27 September 2015. [5] Two months later, she was placed on the five person shortlist for African Women's Footballer of the Year; she suggested that this nomination came as a result of her recent performances. [6] During the course of her first season, she played in eight matches; six in the Division 1 Féminine and two in the Coupe de France Féminine. [7]

The 2017–19 seasons she played in Cyprus at Barcelona FA, [8] before moving on to the Norwegian club Arna-Bjørnar.

International

Ebere was included in the Nigeria women's national football team at the African Women's Championship in 2012; the title winning team of 2014, and the squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [9]

Honours

Club

Rivers Angels

International

Nigeria

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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.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "2. Ngozi Ebere". Arna-Bjørnar. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rivers Angels clinch league and cup double". MTN Football. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Oludare, Shina (15 September 2015). "Super Falcons' Ngozi Ebere joins PSG". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "PSG Star, Ngozi Ebere : I Have Been Nominated For African Player of the Year". All Nigeria Soccer. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ebere Nogozi". Paris Saint-Germain. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria's Ngozi Ebere joins Cyprus club Barcelona FA | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  9. ↑ "Okon picks Oshoala, Nwabuoku, 21 others for World Cup". The NFF. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.


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