| Intro | Nigerian footballer | ||
| A.K.A. | Ugochi Desire Oparanozie | ||
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Athlete Actor Football player Association football player Film actor |
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| From | Nigeria | ||
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio Sports |
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| Gender | female | ||
| Birth |
17 December 1993, Owerri |
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| Age | 27 years | ||
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Ugochi Desire Oparanozie (born 17 December 1993) is a Nigerian football forward last playing in the Division 1 Féminine for Guingamp and the Nigerian national team.
Club career
Oparanozie started her career at Bayelsa Queens in the Nigerian Women’s Championship and moved to Delta Queens in 2010. She then spent 2 months on loan at Düvenciler Lisesispor in the Turkish Women’s First Football League in 2011, before returning to Delta Queens.
In 2012, she joined Rossiyanka from the Russian Women’s Football Championship, with them she played four matches at the 2012–13 UEFA Women’s Champions League, scoring one goal.
Oparanozie joined Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg for the 2013–14 season signing a two-year contract. In the first half of the season, she only appeared in one game, and mostly played for Wolfsburg’s second team. In the winter, after half a season, she left Wolfsburg. On 21 February 2014, Oparanozie transferred to Ataşehir Belediyespor to play the second half of the season in the Turkish Women’s First Football League.
For the 2014–15 she joined Guingamp of the French Division 1 Féminine, where she was joined by Nigerian international captain Evelyn Nwabuoku during the following season, who is also Oparanozie’s sister.
International career
Oparanozie is a member of the Nigerian national team, with which she played the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments of 2011, 2015, and 2019. As a junior international she scored 2 goals in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and 3 goals in the 2012 tournament.
Oparanozie was also part of the Nigerian squads of the African Women’s Championship of 2010 and 2014, 2016 and 2018 winning the four tournaments and scoring a free kick in the 2014 final.
Honours
International
- Nigeria
- African Women’s Championship (4): 2010, 2014, 2016 2018 African Nations Championship
- Individual
- 2014 African Women’s Championship : Golden Boot
Club
- Delta Queens
- Nigerian Women’s Championship (2): 2011, 2012