Ugo Njoku

Ugo Njoku
Personal information
Full name Ugo Njoku[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994[1]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rivers Angels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rivers Angels
National team‡
2014– Nigeria 7[2] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:22, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Ugo Njoku (born November 27, 1994 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer plays defender for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship and the Nigeria women's national football team.

International career

Njoku had her first international action in 2014 while playing for Nigeria in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup match against Namibia.[3] She was also part of the winning squad at the 2014 African Women's Championship. In May 2015 Njoku was called up to play for team Nigeria in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]

During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Match vs Australia Njoku elbowed Australian player Sam Kerr in the face.[5] Njoku’s actions, which were described as one of the most violent acts seen in a women’s football match could result in a lengthy bag for the Nigerian player.[6] Njoku was eventually suspended for three competitive games by the disciplinary panel, in effect ruling her out for the remainder of the tournament.[7]

Honours

International

Nigeria

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. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ugo Njoku - Profile and Statistics". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  4. ↑ "Falcons fly out with high hopes". Thenff.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  5. ↑ "Area Of Concern For USA Obvious After Draw With Sweden". Forbes.com. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Nigeria's Ugo Njoku faces long ban for Sam Kerr elbow". foxsports.com.au. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  7. ↑ "Nigeria's Njoku banned 3 games for elbow to Kerr". The Equalizer. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-26.

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