Rita Chikwelu

Rita Chikwelu
Personal information

Full name	Rita Chikwelu
Date of birth	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988
Place of birth	Abasa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)^[1]
Playing position	Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Umeå IK
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2005	Akwa Starlets
2006–2009	FC United		(28)
2010–	Umeå IK	58	(8)
National team^‡
2007–	Nigeria	33	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 July 2011

Rita Chikwelu (born 6 March 1988) is a Nigerian female professional football player who plays for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Umeå IK.^[2] She is also a member of the Nigeria women's national football team (The Super Falcons).

Chikwelu participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup from 2004–2008 and made her senior national team debut in 2007 at the FIFA women's World Cup. She was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team which participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and a member of the Nigerian squad in the 2011 FIFA women's World Cup.^[3]

From 2006 to 2009 Chikwelu played in Finland for FC United. She was the top scorer of Finnish women's league Naisten Liiga in 2009 with 22 goals.^[4]

References

↑ Source
↑ "Rita Chikwelu profile". Umeå IK. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
↑ "Rita Chikwelu Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
↑ "Naisten Liiga scorers 2006–2011". Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2013.

External links

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Umeå IK – current squad

1 Enblom 3 Landström 4 Nejati 5 Glas (c) 6 Nyman 7 Sandström 9 Bäckström 10 Hurtig 11 Hjohlman 12 Mellouk 13 Kröger 15 Berglund 17 Henriksson 18 Chikwelu 20 Reuterwall 21 Alanen 23 Åberg-Zingmark 24 Ernerstedt 33 Hyyrynen 44 Lantz 44 Boubezari Manager: Bergkvist

Nigeria squads

Nigeria squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Dede 2 Ekpo 3 Yusuf 4 Nkwocha 5 Ebi 6 Otuwe 7 Mbachu 8 Chiejine 9 Chukwudi 10 Chikwelu 11 Igbo 12 Oluehi 13 George (c.) 14 Ikidi 15 Mmadu 16 Jerome 17 Kudaisi 18 Uwak 19 Cole 20 Eke 21 Ayegba Coach: Effiom

Nigeria women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Dede 2 Ekpo 3 Yusuf 4 Nkwocha 5 Ebi 6 Ajayi 7 Mbachu 8 Chiejine 9 Michael 10 Chikwelu 11 Cole 12 Uwak 13 George 14 Ikidi 15 Ishola 16 Jerome 17 Eduviere 18 Oluehi Coach: Ladipo

Nigeria squad – 2008 African Women's Championship Third Place

1 Dede 2 Ekpo 3 Yusuf 4 Nkwocha 5 Ebi 6 Otuwe 7 Mbachu 8 Chiejine 9 Chukwudi 10 Chikwelu 11 Igbo 12 Oluehi 13 George 14 Ikidi 15 Mmadu 16 Jerome 17 Kudaisi 18 Uwak 19 Cole 20 Eke 21 Ayegba Coach: Ladipo

Nigeria squad – 2010 African Women's Championship Winners (8th Title)

1 Dede 2 Ohale 3 Sadoh 4 Nkwocha 5 Chukwunonye 6 Ukaonu 7 Mbachu 8 Orji 9 Oparanozie 10 Chikwelu 11 Iroka 12 Oluehi 13 Okoronkwo 14 Okobi 15 Ebi 16 Jerome 17 Ordega 18 Ayila 19 Akpa 20 Sunday 21 Ajagba Coach: Eucharia

Nigeria squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Dede 2 Kalu 3 Ohale 4 Nkwocha 5 Ebi 6 Ukaonu 7 Mbachu 8 Orji 9 Oparanozie 10 Chikwelu 11 Iroka 12 Michael 13 Chukwudi 14 Ikidi 15 Chukwunonye 16 Oluehi 17 Ordega 18 Jerome 19 Sunday 20 Aighewi 21 Jonathan Coach: Eucharia

Nigeria squad – 2012 African Women's Championship Fourth Place

1 Dede 2 Nwabuoku 3 Ebere 4 Nkwocha 5 Ebi 6 Akpa 7 Mbachu 8 Ohadugha 9 Ogbiagbevha 10 Chikwelu 11 Iroka 12 Chukwunonye 13 Okobi 14 Sunday 15 Jegede 16 Oluehi 17 Oshoala 18 Ukaonu 19 Orji 20 Chukwudi 21 Whyte Coach: Ikhana

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