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.
Nwocha in May 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-01-03) 3 January 1976 (age 48)[2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 29 June 2015 (UTC) **From 2008–2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:56, 17 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
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]
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 tournamentsofSydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008
Nkwocha is in partnership with former Turkey based Çanakkale Dardanelspor professional striker and now by Piteå IF playing Ghanaian footballer Justice Tetteh Komey.[8]
Individual
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 September 2000 | Canberra, Australia |  China |
1–3 | 1–3 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | 13 December 2002 | Warri, Nigeria |  Mali |
2–0 | 5–1 | 2002 African Women's Championship |
| 3 | 4–1 | |||||
| 4 | 18 December 2002 | Warri, Nigeria |  South Africa |
4–0 | 5–0 | 2002 African Women's Championship |
| 5 | 20 December 2002 | Warri, Nigeria |  Ghana |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 African Women's Championship |
| 6 | 12 March 2004 | South Africa | South Africa |
2–0 | 2–2 | 2004 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 7 | 22 April 2004 | Reading, England |  England |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 3–0 | |||||
| 9 | 19 September 2004 | Germiston, South Africa |  Algeria |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2004 African Women's Championship |
| 10 | 22 September 2004 |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2004 African Women's Championship | |
| 11 | 25 September 2004 | Pretoria, South Africa | Mali |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2004 African Women's Championship |
| 12 | 3–0 | |||||
| 13 | 28 September 2004 | Johannesburg, South Africa |  Ethiopia |
4–0 | 4–0 | 2004 African Women's Championship |
| 14 | 3 October 2004 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Cameroon |
1–0 | 5–0 | 2004 African Women's Championship |
| 15 | 2–0 | |||||
| 16 | 3–0 | |||||
| 17 | 4–0 | |||||
| 18 | 28 October 2006 | Oleh, Nigeria |  Equatorial Guinea |
3–2 | 4–2 | 2006 African Women's Championship |
| 19 | 31 October 2006 | Warri, Nigeria | Algeria |
2–0 | 6–0 | 2006 African Women's Championship |
| 20 | 6–0 | |||||
| 21 | 7 November 2006 | Warri, Nigeria | Cameroon |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2006 African Women's Championship |
| 22 | 3–0 | |||||
| 23 | 4–0 | |||||
| 24 | 11 November 2006 | Warri, Nigeria | Ghana |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 African Women's Championship |
| 25 | 22 July 2007 | Algiers, Algeria | South Africa |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2007 All-Africa Games |
| 26 | 12 August 2008 | Beijing, China |  Brazil |
1–0 | 1–3 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
| 27 | 1 November 2010 | Daveyton, South Africa | Mali |
1–0 | 5–0 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 28 | 2–0 | |||||
| 29 | 3–0 | |||||
| 30 | 4 November 2010 | Daveyton, South Africa | South Africa |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 31 | 2–0 | |||||
| 32 | 7 November 2010 | Daveyton, South Africa |  Tanzania |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 33 | 2–0 | |||||
| 34 | 11 November 2010 | Daveyton, South Africa | Cameroon |
3–1 | 5–1 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 35 | 4–1 | |||||
| 36 | 5–1 | |||||
| 37 | 14 November 2010 | Daveyton, South Africa | Equatorial Guinea |
1–0 | 4–2 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 38 | 5 July 2011 | Dresden, Germany |  Canada |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 39 | 16 June 2012 | Lagos, Nigeria |  Zimbabwe |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship qualification |
| 40 | 29 October 2012 | Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 41 | 1 November 2012 | Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Ethiopia |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 42 | 14 October 2014 | Windhoek, Namibia |  Zambia |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2014 African Women's Championship |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | African Women Player of the Year 2004–2005 |
Succeeded by Cynthia Uwak2,3 |
| Notes and references | ||
| 1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afr-wpoy.html; 2=http://www.sundayworld.co.za/swzones/sundayworldNEW/sport/sport1190617583.asp; 3=http://sports.tbo.com/sports/MGBHFW7DE6F.html | ||