Ugochi Opara

Ugochi Opara

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-05-27) 27 May 1976 (age 49)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
International career‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Nigeria	0	(0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2003 (before the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup)

Ugochi Opara (born 27 May 1976) is a Nigerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Nigeria women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1995 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups. ^[1]

Club Career

Ugochi was a member of the Pelican star from 07/2003 to 06/2004 where she played as a goalkeeper. ^[2]

International Career

She participated in the FIFA friendlies league in 2003 with the Nigeria team. ^[2]

Group A

Main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	North Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)

14:45 EDT (UTC−4)

Nigeria	0–3	North Korea
	Report	Jin Pyol-hui 13', 88' Ri Un-gyong 73'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 24,347 ^[3]

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

September 21, 2003 (2003-09-21)

12:30 EDT (UTC−4)

United States	3–1	Sweden
Lilly 27' Parlow 36' Boxx 78'	Report	Svensson 58'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 34,144 ^[4]

Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China PR)

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September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25)

16:45 EDT (UTC−4)

Sweden	1–0	North Korea
Svensson 7'	Report

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 31,553 ^[4]

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25)

19:30 EDT (UTC−4)

United States	5–0	Nigeria
Hamm 6' (pen.), 12' Parlow 47' Wambach 65' Foudy 89' (pen.)	Report

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 31,553 ^[4]

Referee: Florencia Romano (Argentina)

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September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)

13:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Sweden	3–0	Nigeria
Ljungberg 56', 79' Moström 81'	Report

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 22,828 ^[4]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)

15:45 EDT (UTC−4)

North Korea	0–3	United States
	Report	Wambach 17' (pen.) Reddick 48', 66'

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 22,828 ^[4]

Referee: Sueli Tortura (Brazil)

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup United States 2003. FIFA. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
2. "Ugochi Opara".
3. Jones, Grahame L. (21 September 2003). "North Korea's Start Is Fast and Furious". Los Angeles Times. p. D6. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019– via Newspapers.com.
4. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 – Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. pp. 93–100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

External links

• Ugochi Opara – FIFA competition record (archived)