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Perpetua Nkwocha

Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha // ⓘ (born 3 January 1976) is a Nigerian female professional footballer, who is the coach of Clemensnäs IF from Swedish Women's Football Division 2, she previously played for Swedish club Sunnanå SK. She was also a member and formerly the captain of the Nigeria women's national football team.

Perpetua Nkwocha
Nwocha in May 2013
Personal information
Full name Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha[1]
Date of birth (1976-01-03) 3 January 1976 (age 48)[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Clemensnäs IF (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2014 Sunnanå SK 139 (65)
International career‡
1999–2015 Nigeria 99[3] (80)
Managerial career
2015– Clemensnäs IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
**From 2008–2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:56, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career edit

She played for Swedish side Sunnanå SK in both the top division (Damallsvenskan) and the second division (Elitettan) leagues from 2007 until 2014.

In June 2008, the BBC reported that Nkwocha had announced her plans to retire in two years, and that after doing so she wants to continue to be involved in football by becoming a coach.[4] As of 2012 she was still playing in Sweden's second-tier league.[5]

Ahead of the 2015 season, 39-year-old Nkwocha left Sunnanå to join lower division (4th tier) Clemensnäs IF in a player-coach role.[6] She spent part of the previous season coaching boys' football in Nigeria, but wanted to settle in Sweden after taking Swedish citizenship.[7]

International career edit

With the Nigeria national team Nkwocha has participated in seven CAF Women's Championship editions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014), winning five of them (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014). At the 2004 African Women's Championship, she scored four goals in the final against Cameroon to help her country win the title. She also set a record by scoring nine overall goals during the tournament, and was named the best player of the tournament.[4] Nkwocha was voted African Women's Footballer of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2011 by Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Nkwocha has also participated in four FIFA Women's World Cup (2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015), as well as the Olympic tournaments of Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008

Personal life edit

Nkwocha is in partnership with former Turkey based Çanakkale Dardanelspor professional striker and now by Piteå IF playing Ghanaian footballer Justice Tetteh Komey.[8]

Honours edit

Nigeria

Individual

International goals edit

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 September 2000 Canberra, Australia   China 1–3 1–3 2000 Summer Olympics
2. 13 December 2002 Warri, Nigeria   Mali 2–0 5–1 2002 African Women's Championship
3. 4–1
4. 18 December 2002   South Africa 4–0 5–0
5. 20 December 2002   Ghana 1–0 2–0
6. 12 March 2004 South Africa   South Africa 2–0 2–2 2004 Summer Olympics qualification
7. 22 April 2004 Reading, England   England 2–0 3–0 Friendly
8. 3–0
9. 19 September 2004 Germiston, South Africa   Algeria 3–0 4–0 2004 African Women's Championship
10. 22 September 2004   Cameroon 1–0 2–2
11. 25 September 2004 Pretoria, South Africa   Mali 2–0 3–0
12. 3–0
13. 28 September 2004 Johannesburg, South Africa   Ethiopia 4–0 4–0
14. 3 October 2004   Cameroon 1–0 5–0
15. 2–0
16. 3–0
17. 4–0
18. 28 October 2006 Oleh, Nigeria   Equatorial Guinea 3–2 4–2 2006 African Women's Championship
19. 31 October 2006 Warri, Nigeria   Algeria 2–0 6–0
20. 6–0
21. 7 November 2006   Cameroon 2–0 5–0
22. 3–0
23. 4–0
24. 11 November 2006   Ghana 1–0 1–0
25. 22 July 2007 Algiers, Algeria   South Africa 3–0 4–0 2007 All-Africa Games
26. 12 August 2008 Beijing, China   Brazil 1–0 1–3 2008 Summer Olympics
27. 1 November 2010 Daveyton, South Africa   Mali 1–0 5–0 2010 African Women's Championship
28. 2–0
29. 3–0
30. 4 November 2010   South Africa 1–0 2–1
31. 2–0
32. 7 November 2010   Tanzania 1–0 3–0
33. 2–0
34. 11 November 2010   Cameroon 3–1 5–1
35. 4–1
36. 5–1
37. 14 November 2010   Equatorial Guinea 1–0 4–2
38. 5 July 2011 Dresden, Germany   Canada 1–0 1–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
39. 16 June 2012 Lagos, Nigeria   Zimbabwe 1–0 4–0 2012 African Women's Championship qualification
40. 29 October 2012 Bata, Equatorial Guinea   Cameroon 2–1 2–1 2012 African Women's Championship
41. 1 November 2012   Ethiopia 3–0 3–0

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Players – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Nkwocha sets retirement date". 28 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  6. ^ ""Peppe" blir tränare" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Sunnanå tappar "Peppe"" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ^ "FF har gjort klart med Tetteh Komey". Norran. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  9. ^ "IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 7 June 2021.

External links edit

Awards
Preceded by African Women Player of the Year
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Notes and references
1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afr-wpoy.html; 2=http://www.sundayworld.co.za/swzones/sundayworldNEW/sport/sport1190617583.asp; 3=http://sports.tbo.com/sports/MGBHFW7DE6F.html
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