Ngozi Sonia Okobi-Okeoghene ( née Okobi ; born 14 December 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Canadian club Ottawa Rapid and the Nigeria women's national team . On 23 June 2015, Washington Spirit announced a deal (in principle) for the attacker from her home-town club, Delta Queens of the Nigerian Women's Championship for an undisclosed fee; this made her the third Nigerian to move to the National Women's Soccer League club in 2015 behind attacker Francisca Ordega and the second in the World Cup behind defender, Josephine Chukwunonye . [ 4 ] On 6 January 2016, the Washington Spirit waived Okobi. [ 5 ] In February 2023, Okobi joined Spanish Liga F club Levante Las Planas . [ 6 ] On 23 January 2025, Okobi signed with Canadian side Ottawa Rapid FC in the newly-launched Northern Super League . [ 7 ] International career Ngozi played the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup , 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the Falconets (nickname of the younger Nigeria women's national football teams ). At senior level (nicknamed Super Falcons) she was part of the squads at the African Women's Championship tournaments of 2010 , 2012 and 2014 , winning two of them ( 2010 and 2014 ). [ 8 ] She also played for Nigeria at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Ngozi Okobi has played for the Nigerian team albeit the under 17 squad since 2008 and got her first senior call up immediately after the U-17 tournament in 2010. The forward registered her first international goal against Zambia where she aided Nigeria trounce the hosts 6–0 at the 2014 African Women's Championship . Okobi-Okeoghene primarily plays in the number 10 role as an attacking midfielder, but has also been deployed in other positions including winger and right wing-back. [ citation needed ] African Women's Championship (4): 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 IFFHS CAF Women's Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 [ 11 ] ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF) . FIFA . 27 May 2019. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019 . Retrieved 27 May 2019 . 1 2 3 "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF) . FIFA . 6 July 2015. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2019 . Retrieved 27 December 2019 . ↑ "Profile" . FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015 . Retrieved 20 June 2015 . ↑ "Spirit sign Nigerian forward Ngozi Okobi" . Washington Spirit . 23 June 2015 . Retrieved 30 June 2015 . ↑ "Spirit Waives Forward Ngozi Sonia Okobi" . 6 January 2016. ↑ Bajela, Ebenezer (3 February 2023). "Falcons star Okobi-Okeoghene joins Levante" . The Punch . ↑ "Join us in welcoming Ngozi Okobi-Oke to Ottawa! 🇳🇬 Played in 2 World Cups with the Nigeria women's national team 🏆 Won 4 Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles 🌍 Played at the club-level in the USA, Sweden and Spain" . Ottawa Rapid FC . 23 January 2025 . Retrieved 23 January 2025 . ↑ Janine Anthony (20 October 2014). "FEMME FATALE..!!!!!!!!" . ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ – Players – Ngozi-OKOBI" . FIFA.com. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015 . Retrieved 13 June 2015 . ↑ "The O's upset Sweden in pulsating 3 all thriller" . womenssoccerunited.com . Retrieved 30 June 2015 . ↑ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team Decade 2011–2020" . The International Federation of Football History & Statistics ( IFFHS ) . 28 January 2021 . Retrieved 7 August 2023 . Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene at Soccerway.com Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene at FBref.com Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene at Kicker (in German) Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene – FIFA competition record (archived) 13 Okobi-Okeoghene Head Coach: Pedersen Assistant Coach: Tingstad 2 Nwabuoku ( c ) 14 Nwabuoku ( c ) Coach: Omagbemi 13 Okobi-Okeoghene Coach: Dennerby 9 Oparanozie ( c ) 13 Okobi-Okeoghene Coach: Dennerby Nigeria women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Nigerian women's footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen

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