Maureen Mmadu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maureen Nkeiruka Mmadu | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Onitsha, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Ado Babes | |||
Pelican Queens | |||
Jegede Babes | |||
IL Sandviken | |||
Klepp IL | |||
2006 | QBIK | ||
2007 | Linköpings FC | ||
2008 | Amazon Grimstad | ||
2010 | Kolbotn IL | ||
2011–2013 | Avaldsnes IL | ||
International career‡ | |||
1993–2011 | Nigeria | 101 | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:08, 31 August 2014 (UTC) |
Maureen Nkeiruka Mmadu (born 7 May 1975) is a Nigerian football coach and former international who played as a midfielder. As a player she most recently represented Avaldsnes IL, a First Division team based on Norway's west coast. She played for several other teams in Norway's Toppserien as well for Linköpings FC and QBIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
Career
She previously played for Klepp IL in the Norwegian Toppserien.[1] Mmadu played for Kolbotn in Oslo, Norway, for the 2010 season, helping them to 3rd place in the Toppserien league.[2] She can be seen playing for Avaldsnes IL in an off-season tournament in Oslo on 5 February 2012[3]
International career
She is also a member for Nigeria and has made more than 100 appearances for the Nigeria women's national football team,[4] including appearing at four FIFA Women's World Cups[5] and has competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[6]
Contrary to reports that she played more than 100 games for the Nigeria women's national football team, the Nigeria Football Federation has said she only played 52 games.[7]
References
- ^ "Ikidi og Mmadu har riktige lønnsbet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 13 October 2005.
- ^ 'I played for Nigeria while my mum died'
- ^ Lyn-Avaldsnes Final 5 February 2012
- ^ "FIFA Women's Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2012.
- ^ Maureen Mmadu – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Maureen Mmadu Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Maureen Mmadu played 52 official games for Falcons not 101 – NFF". SportsRation. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no)
- Use dmy dates from November 2022
- Pages using national squad without sport or team link
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Onitsha
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- Linköpings FC players
- Damallsvenskan players
- QBIK players
- Toppserien players
- Klepp IL players
- SK Brann Kvinner players
- Amazon Grimstad players
- Kolbotn Fotball players
- Avaldsnes IL players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Women's association football midfielders
- All stub articles
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs