- Perpetua Nkwocha
Infobox Football biography
playername = Perpetua Nkwocha
fullname = Perpetua Nkwocha
dateofbirth = birth date and age |1976|01|03
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =
height = height|m=1.80 [Source: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/227606.shtml]
position =Midfielder
currentclub = flagicon|SWESunnanå SK
clubnumber = 4
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
clubs =Sunnanå SK
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = ???? – present
nationalteam = fbw|NGA
nationalcaps(goals) = 30/9 pcupdate =
ntupdate = 9 September 2007Perpetua Nkwocha (born
January 3 ,1976 ) is aNigeria n female professional footballer, who currently plays for SwedishDamallsvenskan clubSunnanå SK . She is also a member and the captain of theNigeria women's national football team .Nkwocha was voted African women's footballer of the year in 2004 and 2005 by
CAF .With the Nigeria national team, she has participated in three
CAF Women's Championship (2002, 2004, and 2006), winning all three of them. At the2004 Women's African Football Championship , she scored four goals in the final against Cameroon to help her country win the title. She also set a record by scoring nine overall goals during the tournament, and was named the best player of the tournament.Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7479616.stm]Nkwocha has also participated in two Women's World Cup finals (2003 and 2007, and at the Olympic tournaments of 2000, 2004, and 2008.
In June 2008, the BBC reported that Nkwocha had announced her plans to retire in two years, and that after doing so she wants to continue to be involved in football by becoming a coach.
Achievements
Team honours
*2002 Women's African Football Championship - Winner
*2004 Women's African Football Championship - Winner
*2006 Women's African Football Championship - WinnerIndividual honours
*2004 — African Women Player of the Year.
*2005 — African Women Player of the Year.References
External links
* [http://img.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178893/index.html FIFA.com - Individual record at FIFA tournaments]
* [http://www.africafoot.com/caf_comites/album_awards2004.html Pictures of Perpetua receiving African Women Player of the Year award in 2004]Persondata
NAME= Nkwocha, Perpetua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Nkwocha, Perpetua
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DATE OF BIRTH= 3 January 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH= Living
PLACE OF DEATH=
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