Ijeoma Obi

Ijeoma Obi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-04-01) 1 April 1985 (age 39)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Delta Queens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Sunshine Queens
	KMF Kuopio
	Minsk
	Bobruichanka
	Rivers Angels
	Delta Queens
International career
	Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ijeoma Obi (born 1 April 1985) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Delta Queens in the Nigeria Women Premier League. She has represented Nigeria women's national football team at the African Women's Championship. She has been described as having great speed and technique to run over defenders.^[1]

Club career

In January 2014, Obi signed for Bobruichanka Bobruisk in the Belarusian Premier League. She previously played for Minsk in the same league scoring more than 114 leagues goals in two seasons.^[2][1]

In May 2014, Obi dedicated the goals she scored to the abducted girls in Nigeria. Her team Bobruichanka defeated Niva-BelCard in the League.^[3]

In April 2017, Obi was in the starting lineup for Sunshine Queens when they were defeated by her former team, Rivers Angels at Yakubu Gowon Stadium. The result ensured Angels topped the group in the Nigeria Women Premier League.^[4]

International career

Obi was part of the Nigerian squad for the 2004 African Women's Championship.^[5]

Obi was part of the Nigerian team that won the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.^[6][7] At the 2016 AWCON, She was an unused substitute in the semifinal game against South Africa, Nigeria advanced to the final defeating South Africa by a lone goal.^[8]

Personal life

Obi was born on 1 April 1985.^[9] In January 2017, Obi lost her brother, Okwuchukwu Obi in an accident. He was also a professional player for First Bank F.C.^[6]

References

1. "Nigeria's Top Women Footballers". Sl10.ng. February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
2. "Deal Done : Ijeoma Obi Inks One - Year Deal With Bobruichanka". allnigeriasoccer.com. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
3. "Obi Dedicates Brace To Missing Girls". sl10.ng. May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
4. "Rivers Angels reign supreme over Sunshine Queens". Ladies March. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
5. "Nigeria omit Akide". BBC. 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "Falcons striker, Ijeoma Obi's brother involved in auto-crash". Authority Newspaper. Retrieved 8 August 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Check out final squad for 2016 AWCON". Pulse. 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
8. "Nigeria's Super Falcons battle South Africa's Banyana Banyana – LIVE UPDATES". Premium Times. November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
9. "Ijeoma Obi". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.