Ugo Njoku
Ugo Njoku (born 27 November 1994, in Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer defender. She played for the Croix Savoie Ambilly club in the Nigerian Women's Championship. Njoku also played for the Nigeria women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ugo Njoku[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1994[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rivers Angels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Rivers Angels | ||
| 2018– | Croix Savoie Ambilly | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Nigeria | 7[2] | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:22, 17 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
International career
Ugo Njoku played for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship from 2013 to 2017. In 2018, she started to play for the Croix Savoie Ambilly.[3]
Njoku played her first international games in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. This match was against Namibia.[4] She also was in the squad that won in the 2014 African Women's Championship. In May 2015, Njoku played for the Nigeria team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5]
During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Match vs Australia, Njoku used her elbow to hit the player Sam Kerr in the face.[6][7] Njoku was not allowed to play fo three games. Because of this, she could not play for the rest of the tournament.[8]
Honours
International
- Nigeria
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL: Super Falcons defender joins French club". Ultima Sportsnet. 2018-01-24. Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ↑ "Ugo Njoku - Profile and Statistics". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Falcons fly out with high hopes". Thenff.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ↑ "Area Of Concern For USA Obvious After Draw With Sweden". Forbes.com. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: Nigeria's Ugo Njoku faces long ban for Sam Kerr elbow". foxsports.com.au. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ↑ "Nigeria's Njoku banned 3 games for elbow to Kerr". The Equalizer. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-26.