Rita Chikwelu

Rita Chikwelu
Personal information
Full name	Rita Chikwelu
Date of birth	6 March 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth	Asaba, Nigeria
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Madrid CFF
Number	18
Youth career
	Cold City
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–2005
2006–2009	FC United
2010–2016	Umeå IK
2017–2019	Kristianstad
2020–	Madrid CFF
National team‡
2007–	Nigeria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:40, 16 January 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 July 2011

Rita Chikwelu (born 6 March 1988) is a Nigerian professional football player who plays for Spanish club Madrid CFF. She previously played for Umeå IK and Kristianstads DFF.^[2] She is also a member of the Nigeria women's national football team (The Super Falcons).

Club career[]

From 2006 to 2009 Chikwelu played in Finland for FC United. She was the top scorer of Finnish women's league Naisten Liiga in 2009 with 22 goals.^[3]

Chikwelu spent seven seasons with Umeå IK from 2010 to 2016, but left upon the club's relegation and joined Kristianstads DFF on a two-year contract.^[4]

International career[]

Chikwelu participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup from 2004 to 2008 and made her senior national team debut in 2007 at the FIFA women's World Cup. She was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team which participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and a member of the Nigerian squad in the 2011 FIFA women's World Cup.^[5]

Honours[]

African Women's Championship Winner: 2016, 2018

References[]

^ Source
^ "Rita Chikwelu profile". Umeå IK. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ "Naisten Liiga scorers 2006–2011". Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ Fredriksson, Emelie (26 November 2016). "Rita Chikwelu klar för Kristianstads DFF" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
^ "Rita Chikwelu Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

External links[]

Media related to Rita Chikwelu at Wikimedia Commons

Rita Chikwelu – FIFA competition record (archived)
FIFA.com – Article on Rita Chikwelu
FC United – Picture of Rita and FC United team
FIFA.com – Photo album
Rita Chikwelu at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
Rita Chikwelu at Soccerway

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[1] Source

[2] "Rita Chikwelu profile". Umeå IK. Retrieved 22 February 2013.

[3] "Naisten Liiga scorers 2006–2011". Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.

[4] Fredriksson, Emelie (26 November 2016). "Rita Chikwelu klar för Kristianstads DFF" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

[5] "Rita Chikwelu Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

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