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This is a list of Nigeria women's international footballers who have played for the Nigeria women's national football team since the first match in 1991. Players [ edit ]
The Nigeria women's national football team, [a] nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa's most successful international women's football team, having won a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles; [3] their most ...
A list of football players, past and present, to play full internationals for the Nigeria women's national football team. This includes Olympic teams, which are not age-restricted (unlike men's Olympic teams, which are restricted to under 23). For men's international players, see Category:Nigeria men's international footballers.
Nigeria women's international footballers (142 P) Pages in category "Nigerian women's footballers" The following 156 pages are in this category, out of 156 total.
The Nigeria women's national football team has represented Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup at all nine stagings of the tournament, [1] [2] one of seven teams to do so. . Despite the rich history, however, Nigeria's successes have been rather modest, having only progressed to the knockout phase in three occasi
African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual award for Africa's best female football player. It is awarded by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in December each year. Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala has won the award a record six times. [1] [2] [3] The award was given out for the first time in 2001.
Asisat Lamina Oshoala Listen ⓘ MON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Bay FC and the Nigeria women's national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best female players in women's football of her generation.
Multiple efforts were made in the 1960s to start women's football clubs in South Africa, but they proved fleeting. The 1970s saw some growth, with new women's leagues in Nigeria and an expansion of women's football into Western African countries, including Senegal. In 1978 Christopher Akintunde Abisuga created a club called the sugar babes.