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Perpetua Nkwocha

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

Perpetua Nkwocha
Nwocha in May 2013
Personal information
Full name Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha[1]
Date of birth (1976-01-03) 3 January 1976 (age 50)[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position 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 as of 16:41, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
**From 2008–2014
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:56, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

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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

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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

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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

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Career statistics

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Scores and results list Nigeria goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nkwocha goal.
List of international goals scored by Perpetua Nkwocha
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
114 September 2000Canberra, Australia China1–31–32000 Summer Olympics
213 December 2002Warri, Nigeria Mali2–05–12002 African Women's Championship
34–1
418 December 2002Warri, Nigeria South Africa4–05–0
520 December 2002Warri, Nigeria Ghana1–02–0
612 March 2004South Africa South Africa2–02–22004 Summer Olympics qualification
722 April 2004Reading, England England2–03–0Friendly
83–0
919 September 2004Germiston, South Africa Algeria3–04–02004 African Women's Championship
1022 September 2004 Cameroon1–02–22004 African Women's Championship
1125 September 2004Pretoria, South Africa Mali2–03–02004 African Women's Championship
123–0
1328 September 2004Johannesburg, South Africa Ethiopia4–04–02004 African Women's Championship
143 October 2004Johannesburg, South Africa Cameroon1–05–02004 African Women's Championship
152–0
163–0
174–0
1828 October 2006Oleh, Nigeria Equatorial Guinea3–24–22006 African Women's Championship
1931 October 2006Warri, Nigeria Algeria2–06–02006 African Women's Championship
206–0
217 November 2006Warri, Nigeria Cameroon2–05–02006 African Women's Championship
223–0
234–0
2411 November 2006Warri, Nigeria Ghana1–01–02006 African Women's Championship
2522 July 2007Algiers, Algeria South Africa3–04–02007 All-Africa Games
2612 August 2008Beijing, China Brazil1–01–32008 Summer Olympics
271 November 2010Daveyton, South Africa Mali1–05–02010 African Women's Championship
282–0
293–0
304 November 2010Daveyton, South Africa South Africa1–02–12010 African Women's Championship
312–0
327 November 2010Daveyton, South Africa Tanzania1–03–02010 African Women's Championship
332–0
3411 November 2010Daveyton, South Africa Cameroon3–15–12010 African Women's Championship
354–1
365–1
3714 November 2010Daveyton, South Africa Equatorial Guinea1–04–22010 African Women's Championship
385 July 2011Dresden, Germany Canada1–01–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup
3916 June 2012Lagos, Nigeria Zimbabwe1–04–02012 African Women's Championship qualification
4029 October 2012Bata, Equatorial Guinea Cameroon2–12–12012 African Women's Championship
411 November 2012Bata, Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia3–03–02012 African Women's Championship
4214 October 2014Windhoek, Namibia Zambia6–06–02014 African Women's Championship

References

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  1. ↑ "List of Players – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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