Josephine Chukwunonye

Josephine Chukwunonye
Personal information
Full name Josephine Chiwendu Chukwunonye[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Washington Spirit
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2015 Rivers Angels
2015– Washington Spirit 2 (0)
National team‡
2012 Nigeria U20 6 (0)
2011– Nigeria 25[2] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 August 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 2015

Josephine Chukwunonye (born 19 March 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League and for the Nigeria women's national football team.

International career

She has represented Nigeria on junior levels at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior level she was part of Nigeria's squads in the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments of 2011 and 2015 as well as the African Women's Championship in the 2010, 2012 and 2014 editions, winning the tournament twice (2010 and 2014).[3]

Club career

After seven years playing for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship, in June 2015 it was announced Chukwunonye was joining the National Women's Soccer League side Washington Spirit.[4][5]

Honours

International

Nigeria

Club

Rivers Angels

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. ↑ "FIFA player stats". FIFA. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nigerian defender Josephine Chukwunonye set to join Spirit after the Women’s World Cup". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Player profile". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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