Amarachi Okoronkwo

Amarachi Okoronkwo
Personal information
Full name Amarachi Grace Okoronkwo
Date of birth (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992
Club information
Current team
 Nasarawa Amazons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–13 Kokkola F10 46 (7)
Nasarawa Amazons
National team
Nigeria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Amarachi Grace Okoronkwo (born December 12, 1992)[1] is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Nasarawa Amazons in the Nigerian Women Premier League and the Nigeria women's national football team. She previously played for Kokkola F10 in Finland's Naisten Liiga.

Career

Club career

For her role in leading Nasarawa Amazons to win the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, Okoronkwo was among the four players nominated as the best NWPL player of the year,[2] but lost the award to Rasheedat Ajibade.[3] In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards, but lost to Ajibade.[4]

International

Okoronkwo represented Nigeria at 2010 African Women's Championship.[5] She was called up for a friendly game against Germany as preparation for Nigeria's participation in the FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

In 2018, Okoronkwo featured for Nigeria at 2018 WAFU Women's Cup, winning the bronze medal for the team.[7]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120928064407/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2010/List_Players_AWC2010.pdf
  2. ↑ admin. "Okpotu, Odey, 'Muazzam' battle for NPFL Player of the Year Award | SCORE NIGERIA". scorenigeria.com.ng. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ↑ "LBA Announces Nominees For End-of-Season Ceremony". Leadership. October 9, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  4. ↑ Abayomi, Tosin (May 11, 2018). "Mikel, Moses lead nominations for fifth edition". Pulse. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  5. ↑ "Super Falcons Are Team To Beat". October 28, 2010. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Anger, shock as Germany thump Falcons 8-0". SuperSport. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Coach Dennerby singles out 'outstanding' Ogbonna after Nigeria's Wafu outing". Yahoo News. February 27, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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