Uchenna Kanu
.jpg) Kanu with Racing Louisville FC in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Uchenna Grace Kanu | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Abia, Nigeria[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Louisville | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Southeastern Fire | 78 | (157) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Pensacola FC | 12 | (17) |
| 2020 | Sevilla | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Linköpings FC | 42 | (22) |
| 2022–2023 | UANL | 38 | (22) |
| 2023– | Racing Louisville | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Nigeria U17 | 4 | (3) |
| 2014 | Nigeria U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Nigeria | 31 | (20) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 | |||
Uchenna Grace Kanu (born 20 June 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville. Internationally, Kanu represents the Nigeria women's national team.
International career
Kanu represented Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 8 April 2019 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Canada.
On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[4]
International goals
Personal life
In her earlier years, at the age of 26, she shared her journey, saying, "I used to sell oranges and water on the streets of Aba. My brother and I would hawk sodas like Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Pepsi in the market. We'd cross paths, share a laugh, and then go our separate ways." Now, Kanu excels as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville in the United States, having risen to prominence through her representation of Nigeria in various FIFA Women's World Cups.[5]
References
- ^ a b Uchenna Kanu at Soccerway
- ^ "Uchenna Grace Kanu". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Uchenna Kanu – 2018 Women's Soccer – Southeastern University". Southeastern University Athletics.
- ^ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Vanguard News. "Uchena kanu".
External links
Media from Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
Data from Wikidata
- Uchenna Kanu National Women's Soccer League profile
- Uchenna Kanu at Racing Louisville FC
- Uchenna Kanu at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
- Uchenna Kanu at ESPN FC
- Uchenna Kanu at FBref.com
- Uchenna Kanu at Soccerway
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abia State
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's Premier Soccer League players
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Southeastern Fire women's soccer players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Sevilla FC (women) players
- Linköpings FC players
- Liga F players
- Liga MX Femenil players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Racing Louisville FC players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs