Uchenna Kanu
_071.jpg) Kanu with Racing Louisville FC in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Uchenna Grace Kanu | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Abia, Nigeria[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Louisville | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Southeastern Fire | 78 | (157) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Pensacola FC | 12 | (17) |
| 2020 | Sevilla | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Linköpings FC | 42 | (22) |
| 2022–2023 | UANL | 30 | (20) |
| 2023– | Racing Louisville | 28 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Nigeria U17 | 4 | (3) |
| 2014 | Nigeria U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Nigeria | 31 | (20) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 | |||
Uchenna Grace Kanu (born 20 June 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville. Internationally, Kanu represents the Nigeria women's national team.
International career
[edit]Kanu represented Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 8 April 2019 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Canada.
On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[4]
Personal life
[edit]In her earlier years, at the age of 26, she shared her journey, saying, "I used to sell oranges and water on the streets of Aba. My brother and I would hawk sodas like Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Pepsi in the market. We'd cross paths, share a laugh, and then go our separate ways." Now, Kanu excels as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville in the United States, having risen to prominence through her representation of Nigeria in various FIFA Women's World Cups.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]International goals
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Uchenna Kanu at Soccerway
- ^ "Uchenna Grace Kanu". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Uchenna Kanu – 2018 Women's Soccer – Southeastern University". Southeastern University Athletics.
- ^ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Vanguard News (28 September 2023). "Uchena kanu".
External links
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Media from Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
Data from Wikidata
- Uchenna Kanu at the National Women's Soccer League
- Uchenna Kanu at Racing Louisville FC
- Uchenna Kanu at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
- Uchenna Kanu at ESPN FC
- Uchenna Kanu at FBref.com
- Uchenna Kanu at Soccerway
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abia State
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's Premier Soccer League players
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Southeastern Fire women's soccer players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Sevilla FC (women) players
- Linköpings FC players
- Liga F players
- Liga MX Femenil players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Racing Louisville FC players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs