Personal information | |||
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Full name | Uchenna Grace Kanu | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 June 1997||
Place of birth | Abia, Nigeria [2] | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Louisville | ||
Number | 29 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Southeastern Fire | 78 | (157) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Pensacola FC | 12 | (17) |
2020 | Sevilla | 4 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Linköpings FC | 42 | (22) |
2022–2023 | UANL | 30 | (20) |
2023– | Racing Louisville | 28 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Nigeria U17 | 4 | (3) |
2014 | Nigeria U20 | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Nigeria | 31 | (20) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 |
Uchenna Grace Kanu (born 20 June 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville. Internationally, Kanu represents the Nigeria women's national team.
Kanu represented Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 8 April 2019 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Canada.
On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. [4]
In her earlier years, at the age of 26, she shared her journey, saying, "I used to sell oranges and water on the streets of Aba. My brother and I would hawk sodas like Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Pepsi in the market. We'd cross paths, share a laugh, and then go our separate ways." Now, Kanu excels as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville in the United States, having risen to prominence through her representation of Nigeria in various FIFA Women's World Cups. [5]
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