Perpetua Nkwocha

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Perpetua Nkwocha

Personal information

Full name

Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha^[1]

Date of birth

3 January 1976

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[2]

Playing position

Midfielder

Club information

Current club

Sunnanå SK

Number

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

2007–

Sunnanå SK

National team^‡

Nigeria

(9)

Honours

Women's Football
Competitor for Nigeria
African Championships
Gold	2002 Nigeria	Nigeria
Gold	2004 South Africa	Nigeria
Gold	2006 Nigeria	Nigeria
Gold	2010 South Africa	Nigeria

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2011

Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha (born 3 January 1976) is a Nigerian female professional footballer, who currently plays for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Sunnanå SK. She is also a member and the captain of the Nigeria women's national football team.

Nkwocha was voted African Women Footballer of the Year in 2004 and 2005 by CAF.

With the Nigeria national team, she has participated in three CAF Women's Championship (2002, 2004, and 2006), winning all three of them. At the 2004 Women's African Football 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.^[3]

Nkwocha has also participated in the 2003 and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cups and the Olympic tournaments of 2000, 2004, and 2008.

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.^[3] As of 2012 she still plays in Sweden's second tier league.^[4]

Achievements

Team honours

Women's African Football Championship winner 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010

Individual honours

African Women Footballer of the Year 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011

Personal life

Nkwocha is in partnership with former Turkey based Çanakkale Dardanelspor professional striker and now by Piteå IF playing Ghanaian footballer Justice Tetteh Komey.^[5]

References

↑ "List of Players – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080813134421/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/227606.shtml
↑ 3.0 3.1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7479616.stm
↑ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
↑ "FF har gjort klart med Tetteh Komey". Norran. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Adjoa Bayor¹	African Women Player of the Year 2004–2005	Succeeded by Cynthia Uwak^2,3
Notes and references
1. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-wpoy.html; 2=http://www.sundayworld.co.za/swzones/sundayworldNEW/sport/sport1190617583.asp; 3=http://sports.tbo.com/sports/MGBHFW7DE6F.html

v t e Nigeria women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics

1 Chiejine 2 Kudaisi 3 Tarhemba 4 Nkwocha 5 Opara 6 Ajayi 7 Mbachu 8 Nwadike 9 Usieta 10 Akide 11 Chiejine 12 Avre 13 Okisieme 14 Omagbemi 15 Mmadu 16 Iweta 17 Egbe 18 Chime Coach: Ismaila

v t e Nigeria squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Opara 2 Ekpo 3 Kayode 4 Nkwocha 5 Ebi 6 Ajayi 7 Mbachu 8 Olaitan 9 Ikidi 10 Akide 11 Egbe 12 Dede 13 Okosieme 14 Chiejine 15 Mmadu 16 Iweta 17 Omagbemi 18 Avre 19 Okhae 20 Okolo Coach: Okpodu

v t e Nigeria women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Dede 2 Ekpo 3 Eze 4 Nkwocha 5 Ameh 6 Queens 7 Mbachu 8 Nwadike 9 Igbojionu 10 Akide 11 Okolo 12 Onyeka 13 Kudaisi 14 Sabi 15 Mmadu 16 Egbe 17 Nwosu 18 Onyeka Coach: Ismaila

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

Persondata
Name	Nkwocha, Perpetua
Alternative names
Short description	Association football player
Date of birth	3 January 1976
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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