Chi-Chi Igbo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chi-chi Igbo | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Abia state | ||
| Playing position | striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2016 | Fortuna Hjørring | 270 | |
| National team | |||
| 2004– | Nigeria | ||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
"Chi-Chi" Igbo (born 1 May 1986 in Isiochi, Abia state) is a retired Danish Nigerian footballer.[1]
Club career
Igbo started her career in 2000 with FCT Queens of Abuja. In summer 2002, she graduated with her team the Capital Queens a youth tournament in Denmark which one could win. Igbo herself was named the best player and moved a year later to Fortuna Hjørring in Denmark. [2] In Hjørring at the age of only 15 years, her senior debut in the highest Danish league, in the summer of 2003 series champion was before Hjørring. She was elected in 2005 and 2011 player of the season of the Cup competition.[3] During the seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10 she with her team Fortuna Hjørring won the Danish title.
She decided to retire in 2016, after 14 years at Fortuna Hjørring, where she played 270 matches and won four league titles and three cup titles.[4]
Intermational career
Since 2004, she has played for the Nigeria women's national football team. She represented her country at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.[5]
References
- ↑ UEFA Women's Champions League - Chichi Igbo – UEFA.com
- ↑ Interview - Chified Archived October 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 3F / Fodbold
- ↑ "Fortuna has said farewell to 5 players" (in Danish). Fortuna Hjørring. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ FIFA Spielerstatistik Chi-Chi IGBO - FIFA.com
External links
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.