Glory Ogbonna

Glory Ogbonna

Personal information
Full name	Glory Akumbu Ogbonna[1]
Date of birth	(1998-12-25) 25 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Besiktas JK
Number	20
Youth career
0000–2019	Edo Queens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Edo Queens
2021	Umeå IK	11	(0)
2022	Santa Teresa	14	(0)
2022–2023	ALG Spor	7	(1)
2023-	Beşiktaş JK	5	(0)
International career^‡
2016–2018	Nigeria U20	4	(0)
2018–	Nigeria	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2022

Glory Akumbu Ogbonna (born 25 December 1998) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for the Turkish club Beşiktaş JK and the Nigeria women's national team.^[2] She has formerly played with Edo Queens in the Nigeria Women Football League.

Club career

On 16 July 2021, while in Austria with the rest of Super Falcons of Nigeria in camp for Aisha Buhari's invitational tournament, a Umeå-based professional association football club that plays in Elitettan, the second tier of women's football in Sweden club, Umeå IK announced the capturing of Glory as their new player until the end of the 2022 season.

After playing in Sweden, the left-back moved to Turkey and signed with the Gaziantep-based league champion club ALG Spor on 13 August 2022.^[3] On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[4]

On 3 February 2023, she was transferred to Beşiktaş JK and currently plays for Beşiktaş JK.

Glory is a versatile player. Although her main position is a left-back player, but she can also play as a right-back, a left-centre back, a right-centre back and a defensive midfielder. Glory can use both feet successfully.

International career

At junior level, Ogbonna represented Nigeria at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2016 and 2018.^[1][5]

At the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup, Nigerian head coach, Thomas Dennerby stated that he was most impressed by the performance of Ogbonna after the competition.^[6] After her debut for the senior team at the tournament, she was invited for 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers, and subsequently making the squad to the main tournament.^[7]

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[8]

References

1. Glory Ogbonna at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
2. "Glory Ogbonna". Eurosport.
3. "Gaziantep ALG Spor, Nijeryalı sol bek Glory Akumbu Ogbonna'yı kadrosuna kattı". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
4. "Brann (NOR) 1-0 ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
5. "Danjuma names Famuditi, Imo in starting line-up to face Tanzania". Brila FM. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
6. Ahmadu, Samuel (27 February 2018). "Coach Dennerby singles out 'outstanding' Ogbonna after Nigeria's Wafu outing". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
7. Aniemeka, Chuka (5 June 2018). "AWCON Qualifiers Inclusion Excites Glory Ogbonna". OnlineNigeria. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
8. Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.