Rita Chikwelu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rita Chikwelu | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Asaba, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward/Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Madrid CFF | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cold City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2005 | Akwa Starlets | ||
2006–2009 | FC United | (28) | |
2010–2016 | Umeå IK | 140 | (16) |
2017–2019 | Kristianstad | 64 | (12) |
2020– | Madrid CFF | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007– | Nigeria | 33 | (15) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:40, 16 January 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2011 |
Rita Chikwelu (born 6 March 1988) is a Nigerian professional football player who plays for Spanish club Madrid CFF. She previously played for Umeå IK and Kristianstads DFF.[2] She is also a member of the Nigeria women's national football team (The Super Falcons).
Club career
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.[3]
Chikwelu spent seven seasons with Umeå IK from 2010 to 2016, but left upon the club's relegation and joined Kristianstads DFF on a two-year contract.[4]
International career
Chikwelu participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup from 2004 to 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.[5]
Honours
- African Women's Championship Winner: 2016, 2018
References
- ^ Source
- ^ "Rita Chikwelu profile". Umeå IK. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ "Naisten Liiga scorers 2006–2011". Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ Fredriksson, Emelie (26 November 2016). "Rita Chikwelu klar för Kristianstads DFF" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Rita Chikwelu Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
External links
Media related to Rita Chikwelu at Wikimedia Commons
- Rita Chikwelu – FIFA competition record (archived)
- FIFA.com – Article on Rita Chikwelu
- FC United – Picture of Rita and FC United team
- FIFA.com – Photo album
- Rita Chikwelu at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Rita Chikwelu at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Umeå IK players
- Kristianstads DFF players
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- FC United (Jakobstad) players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football forwards
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Finland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs