Gloria Chinasa Okoro (listen, born 8 December 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born and raised in Nigeria to Nigerian parents, she capped for the Equatorial Guinea women's national team.

Chinasa Okoro
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Okoro with Unia Racibórz in 2012
Personal information
Full name Gloria Chinasa Okoro
Date of birth (1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria[2]
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2011 Rivers Angels
2011–2014 Unia Racibórz (8)
2014–2015 Gintra Universitetas
2015 Bobruichanka
2016 Vllaznia
2017 Rouen
2018 Estrellas de E'Waiso Ipola
International career
2006–2018 Equatorial Guinea (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 November 2018

Club career

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Chinasa was born and raised in Nigeria.[2] She began her career in Port Harcourt-based club Rivers Angels. In 2005, she played a match against an Equatorial Guinean club and scored three goals.[2] After that, she accepted a proposal to play for the Equatorial Guinea women's national team.[2]

Chinasa played the 2011 World Cup, where she was a starting player in the 3–2 loss to Australia.[3]

Following the World Cup Chinasa signed for Polish champion Unia Racibórz. She scored the team's only goal in the 2011–12 Champions League qualifying stage match against Pallokerho-35.[4]

On 28 October 2006, Chinasa scored the first goal in history for Equatorial Guinea on African Women's Championship.[5] She also became African Champion in tournaments held in 2008 and 2012.

International goals

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Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
28 October 2006 Oleh, Delta, Nigeria   Nigeria
1–2
2–4
2006 African Women's Championship
2
18 November 2008 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea   Congo
2–1
5–2
2008 African Women's Championship
3
21 November 2008   Mali
1–0
2–1
4
23 May 2010 Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia   Namibia
5–1
5–1
2010 African Women's Championship qualification
5
5 November 2010 Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa   Algeria
1–0
1–0
2010 African Women's Championship
6
8 November 2010   Ghana
3–1
3–1
7
28 October 2012 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea   South Africa
1–0
1–0
2012 African Women's Championship
8
31 October 2012   DR Congo
3–0
6–0
9
7 November 2012   Cameroon
1–0
2–0
10
11 November 2012   South Africa
4–0
11
4–0
12
18 July 2015 National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria   Nigeria
1–1
1–1
2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
13
9 June 2018 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea   Kenya
1–0
2–0
2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

Honors and awards

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Clubs

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Estrellas de E'Waiso Ipola

  • Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino: 2018

National team

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Equatorial Guinea

References

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  1. ^ a b "Competitions - Women AFCON Ghana 2018 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Prawdziwa maszynka do zdobywania goli" [A real device to score goals] (in Polish). Przegląd Sportowy. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2018. In 2005 we (River Angels) played a cup match against one of the teams from Equatorial Guinea. It just happened very well in this match because I scored three goals. Immediately afterwards, there was a proposal to perform with the national team of this country. I have not thought for a long time, because in Nigeria, it is often necessary to have connections to play on the national team
  3. ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: CHINASA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 27 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine UEFA
  5. ^ [2] FIFA
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