Shaunda Ikegwuonu
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| Born |
11 March 1998 Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Braxgata | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Belgium U–18 | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Belgium U–21 | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Belgium | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shaunda Ikegwuonu (born 11 March 1998)[1] is a field hockey player from Belgium, who plays as a forward.[2]
Career
[edit]Club hockey
[edit]In the Belgian Hockey League, Ikegwuonu plays club hockey for the Braxgata.[3][2]
International hockey
[edit]Under–18
[edit]In 2015 and 2016, Shaunda Ikegwuonu was a member of the Belgium U–18 team at the EuroHockey Youth Championship.[4] At both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, Belgium finished in fourth place, losing to England on each occasion.[5][6]
Under–21
[edit]Following appearances for the national youth team, Ikegwuonu made her debut for the Belgium U–21 side in 2016, at a four nations tournament in Bad Kreuznach.[7][8] Later that year, she went on to appear at an invitational tournament in Valencia.[7]
In 2017, she won a silver medal at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.[9]
Ikegwuonu made her final appearance with the junior team in 2019, captaining the team to a fourth-place finish at the EuroHockey Junior Championship, again in Valencia.[7]
Red Panthers
[edit]Shaunda Ikegwuonu made her senior international debut for Belgium in 2017 at the International Olive Oil Tournament in Jaén.[7]
Her most recent appearance with the national team was during the 2020–21 FIH Pro League.[10]
International goals
[edit]Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 November 2017 | Club Hockey Alcalá, Jaén, Spain |  Spain |
2–2 | 3–2 | International Olive Oil Tournament | [11] |
| 2 | 25 January 2018 | CeNARD, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Argentina |
2–3 | 2–5 | Test Match | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Belgium". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Nationale ploegen – Red Panthers". hockey.be (in French). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Dames 1". braxgata.be (in French). Braxgata Hockey Club. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "IKEGWUONU Shaunda". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "U18 GIRLS EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Bronze medal for England U18 Girls". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "IKEGWUONU Shaunda". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Pfingstturnier". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Netherlands hit Belgium for six of the best to retain women's Euro Juniors title". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "IKEGWUONU Shaunda". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Spain 2–3 Belgium". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Argentina 5–2 Belgium". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Shaunda Ikegwuonu at the International Hockey Federation
- Shaunda Ikegwuonu at the European Hockey Federation
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