Rita Chikwelu

Rita Chikwelu
Personal information
Full name Rita Chikwelu
Date of birth (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988
Place of birth Abasa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Umeå IK
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
0000–2005 Akwa Starlets
2006–2009 FC United (28)
2010– Umeå IK 58 (8)
National team‡
2007– Nigeria 33 (15)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2013.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 July 2011

Rita Chikwelu (born 6 March 1988) is a Nigerian female professional football player who plays for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Umeå IK.[2] She is also a member of the Nigeria women's national football team (The Super Falcons).

Chikwelu participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup from 2004–2008 and made her senior national team debut in 2007 at the FIFA women's World Cup. She was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team which participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and a member of the Nigerian squad in the 2011 FIFA women's World Cup.[3]

From 2006 to 2009 Chikwelu played in Finland for FC United. She was the top scorer of Finnish women's league Naisten Liiga in 2009 with 22 goals.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Source
  2. ↑ "Rita Chikwelu profile". Umeå IK. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Rita Chikwelu Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Naisten Liiga scorers 2006–2011". Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2013.

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