Emueje Ogbiagbevha

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Emueje Ogbiagbevha
Personal information
Full name Emueje Ogbiagbevha
Date of birth (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Nigeria,
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
FC Minsk
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Pelican Stars
2009–2010 Rossiyanka 31 (29)
2011–2012 Energiya Voronezh 13 (15)
2012 BIIK Kazygurt
2016–2020 FC Minsk 52 (79)
National team
Nigeria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Emueje Ogbiagbevha is a Nigerian football striker currently playing for FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League.[1] She previously played for BIIK Kazygurt in the Kazakhstani Championship,[2] and in the Russian Championship for Rossiyanka and Energiya Voronezh.[3] She was the top scorer of the 2010 season[4] while playing in Rossiyanka, with which she won two doubles. She has also played the Champions League with Energiya Voronezh and Kazygurt, and she is a member of the Nigerian national team.[5] Her contract with BIIK Kazygurt finishes in the end of 2012.[citation needed][needs update] In 2016, Ogbiagbevha joined FC Minsk.

In the 2019-20 season she became the first African women to win the (shared) UEFA Women's Champions League topscorer award.[6] After the season her contract expired at Minsk.[7]

Early career[]

She previously played for Pelican Stars F.C., Nasarawa Amazons and Delta Queens F.C. in the Nigeria Women Premier League.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Emueje Ogbiagbevha – Profile". UEFA. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ^ BIIK Kazygurt squad in UEFA's website
  3. ^ "ФК "Энергия". Официальный сайт". Fcenergy.ru. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Summary – Supreme Division – Russia – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Women Soccerway. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  5. ^ Nigerian squad Archived 22 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine for the 2012 African Championship in CAF's website
  6. ^ "Nigeria's Oghiabekhva makes history as first African to win Uefa Women's Champions League golden boot award".
  7. ^ https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/minsk-part-ways-with-emuidzhi-oghiabekhva-and-chioma-wogu/148y97poi1r7t1w3415tfrf0tb
  8. ^ "From The NWFL Premiership To TopScorer In Europe: The Story Of Emueje Ogbiagbevha". NWFL.


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