Esther Okoronkwo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ijeoma Esther Okoronkwo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1997[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Abia State, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[3] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Foster Falcons | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Northeast Texas Eagles | ? | (28) |
| 2018–2021 | Lamar Lady Cardinals | 39 | (35) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021- | Saint-Étienne | 13 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2021.[3] ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2021.[4] | |||
Ijeoma Esther Okoronkwo (born 27 March 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Saint-Étienne and the Nigeria women's national team.
Early life[]
Okoronkwo was born in Abia State and raised in Richmond, Texas, United States.[3]
College career[]
Okoronkwo has attended the John and Randolph Foster High School, the Northeast Texas Community College and the Lamar University.[5][3]
International career[]
Okoronkwo made her senior debut for Nigeria on 10 June 2021 as a 43th-minute substitution in a 0–1 friendly loss to Jamaica.[6]
References[]
- ^ "USWNT vs. Nigeria score: Goals from Christen Press and Lynn Williams seal three-game Summer Series sweep". Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Esther Okoronkwo at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Esther Okoronkwo - 2020 - Women's Soccer". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Esther Okoronkwo". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Esther Okoronkwo - 2016 - Women's Soccer". Northeast Texas Community College Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Match Report of Jamaica vs Nigeria - 2021-06-10 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abia State
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Nigerian emigrants to the United States
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Richmond, Texas
- Sportspeople from the Houston metropolitan area
- Soccer players from Texas
- American women's soccer players
- College women's soccer players in the United States
- Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer players
- American sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- African-American women's soccer players
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American women
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs
- Nigerian football forward stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs
- American soccer forward stubs