Glory Ogbonna

Glory Ogbonna (born 25 December 1998) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish club Umeå IK and the Nigeria women's national team.[1] She has formerly played with Edo Queens in the Nigeria Women Football League.

Glory Ogbonna
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-25) 25 December 1998
Place of birth Nigeria,
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Umeå IK
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019-2021 Edo Queens
2021 Umeå IK 11 (0)
National team
2018 Nigeria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

On 16 July 2021, while in Austria with the rest of Super Falcons of Nigeria in camp for Aisha Buhari's invitational tournament, A Umeå based professional association football club that plays in Elitettan, the second tier of women's football in Sweden club, Umeå IK FF announced the capturing of Glory as their new player till the end of the 2022 season.

International career

At junior level, Ogbonna represented Nigeria at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2016 and 2018.[2][3]

At the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup, Nigerian head coach, Thomas Dennerby stated that he was most impressed by the performance of Ogbonna after the competition.[4] After her debut for the senior team at the tournament, she was invited for 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers, and subsequently making the squad to the main tournament.[5]

References
  1. "Glory Ogbonna". Eurosport.
  2. "G. OGBONNA". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. "Danjuma names Famuditi, Imo in starting line-up to face Tanzania". Brila FM. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. Ahmadu, Samuel (27 February 2018). "Coach Dennerby singles out 'outstanding' Ogbonna after Nigeria's Wafu outing". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. Aniemeka, Chuka (5 June 2018). "AWCON Qualifiers Inclusion Excites Glory Ogbonna". OnlineNigeria. Retrieved 23 November 2018.


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