Nneka Onyejekwe
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.jpg) Onyejekwe in 2011 | |||||||||
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| Full name | Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe | ||||||||
| Nationality |  Romanian | ||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1989 Hațeg, Romania | ||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||
| Spike | 319 cm (126 in) | ||||||||
| Block | 301 cm (119 in) | ||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||
| Current club | CS DINAMO | ||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||
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Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe (born 18 August 1989 in Hațeg) is a Romanian professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for CS Volei Alba-Blaj and now plays for Dinamo Bucharest and the Romania national team.
She was born in Hațeg to a Romanian mother and Nigerian father, both intellectuals, and was raised in Cluj-Napoca.[1] One of her brothers, Chike, plays handball professionally.
Honours
[edit]Clubs
[edit]- 2011, 2012, 2013 Swiss Championship – Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2011, 2012, 2013 Swiss Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2010, 2011 Swiss Super Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Romanian Championship – Champion, with Metal Galați
- 2007, 2008, 2009 Romanian Cup – Champion, with Metal Galați
- 2017–18 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with CSM Volei Alba Blaj
Individual awards
[edit]- 2017–18 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2017 Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2018 Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nneka Onyejekwe - voleibalista româno-nigeriană de la CSU Metal" (in Romanian). Viaţa Liberă Galaţi. 29 January 2010.
External links
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- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Sportspeople from Hunedoara County
- Romanian people of Nigerian descent
- European Games competitors for Romania
- Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
- Romanian expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France
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