Ugochi Emenayo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ugochi Cynthia Emenayo | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bornova Hitab | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Nasarawa Amazons | |||
| 2021C-2023 | Konak | 32 | (7) |
| 2023– | Bornova Hitab | 6 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Nigeria U-17 | ||
| 2016 | Nigeria U-20 | ||
| Nigeria | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 | |||
Ugochi Cynthia Emenayo (born 20 December 1997)[1] is a Nigerian professional women's football defender who plays in the Turkish Super League for Bornova Hitab in İzmir and the Nigeria women's national football team.
Club career
[edit]Ugochi played as a defender for Nasarawa Amazons F.C. in her country's NWFL Premiership.[2][3][4]
In December 2021, Ugochi moved to Turkey, and joined Konak to play in the 2021–22 Women's Super League.[5][6] After playing two seasons in the Women's Super League, she transferred for the 2023–24 season to Bornova Hitab, which was newly promoted to the Women's First League.[5][7] At the end of the season, her team was promoted to the Turkish Super League.[5]
International career
[edit]Ugochi has represented Nigeria at under-17, under-20 and senior national team, nicknamed "Super Falcons".[4][8]
Ugochi alongside 24 other players were selected by head coach, Bala Nkiyu to represent the Nigeria U-17 team at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[8]
She didn't make the squad list for Nigeria in the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[9]
In April 2019, Ugochi alongside Rofiat Sule, Osarenoma Igbinovia and 23 other players were selected by head coach, Thomas Dennerby to represent Nigeria at the West African Football Union Women's Cup in Abidjan.[10][11]
She was among the players picked to represent Nigeria in the 2020 African Women's Olympic Games.[12]
Honours
[edit]- Turkish First League
-
- Bornova Hitab
- Runners-up (1): 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ "Ugochi Emenayo – Player Profile – Football". Eurosport.
- ^ "Nasarawa Amazons Releases Four Players". Nasarawa Futball. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (7 November 2018). "Nigeria finalise squad for Women's Africa Cup of Nations". BBC. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b Sola Oyeniyi (26 January 2019). "NWFL Super 4: Emenayo confident of title defence,". ACL Sports. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Ugochi Cynthia Emenayo" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Konak Belediyespor'a Başkan Batur uğuru". Gerçek İzmir (in Turkish). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Kadın FK mutsuz başladı". Çağdaş Kocaeli (in Turkish). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b Emmanuel, Ogala (22 February 2014). "Women U-21 World Cup: Coach Nkiyu names 25 for Nigeria – Premium Times Nigeria".
- ^ "Dennerby reveals Nigeria's AWCON squad". ESPN.com. 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria coach Dennerby invites 26 players for WAFU Women's Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Falcons coach lists 26 for Gambia". Punch Newspapers.
- ^ "Olympic Qualifier: Nnadozie, Uchendu & Okeke make Nigeria return for Cote d'Ivoire tie | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
External links
[edit]- Ugochi Emenayo at Global Sports Archive
  | This biographical article related to women's association football in Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Nasarawa Amazons F.C. players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
- Turkish Women's Football Super League players
- Konak Belediyespor players
- Bornova Hitab Spor players
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs