Desire Oparanozie
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ugochi Desire Oparanozie[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 December 1993||
Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria[2] | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wuhan Jianghan University | ||
Number | – | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
??–2010 | Bayelsa Queens F.C. | ||
2010–2012 | Delta Queens F.C. | ||
2011 | → Lüleburgaz 39 Spor (loan) | ||
2012–2013 | Rossiyanka | 11 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Wolfsburg | 1 | (0) |
2014 | Ataşehir Belediyespor | 7 | (6) |
2014–2020 |
Guingamp | 106 | (45) |
2020–2022 | Dijon | 25 | (7) |
2022–2023 | Wuhan Jianghan University | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2023 | Nigeria | 35[3] | (22) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:08, 17 June 2015 (UTC) |
Ugochi Desire Oparanozie // ⓘ (born 17 December 1993) is a former Nigerian footballer who played as a forward in the Chinese Women's Super League for Wuhan Jianghan University[4][5] and the Nigerian national team.
Club career
Oparanozie started her career at
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.[7]
Oparanozie joined
Guingamp
For the 2014–15 she joined
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Oparanozie was named club captain and began her leadership reign well with a win over Metz on the opening day of the season.[12]
On 30 June 2020,
After leaving Guingamp, a bus-stop has been named after Oparanozie in Guingamp by her fans after her long stay at the French football club.[13]
Wuhan Jianghan University
Oparanozie joined Chinese Women's Super League club Wuhan Jianghan University for the 2022 season.[14]
International career
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.[15][16]
Oparanozie has been a regular member of the Nigerian national team since 2010, participating in the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments of 2011, 2015, and 2019.[17][18]
In April 2019, she was named the new captain of Nigeria by coach Thomas Dennerby who praised Oparanozie for her 'discipline and good character'.[19]
Following the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, in her role as captain, she led calls for equal pay in Nigerian football citing disparity with the bonuses received by the team's male counterparts.[20]
She has also been part of the Nigerian squads of the
On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 7 October 2010 | Tembisa, South Africa |
Tanzania | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
2. | 11 November 2010 | Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa | Cameroon | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
3. | 14 November 2010 | Equatorial Guinea | 2–1 | 4–2 | ||
4. | 16 June 2012 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship qualification |
5. | 24 May 2014 | Rwanda | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2014 African Women's Championship qualification | |
6. | 7 June 2014 | Abuja Stadium, Abuja , Nigeria |
Rwanda | 3–0 | 8–0 | |
7. | 4–0 | |||||
8. | 6–0 | |||||
9. | 11 October 2014 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia | Ivory Coast | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2014 African Women's Championship |
10. | 4–2 | |||||
11. | 14 October 2014 | Zambia | 3–0 | 6–0 | ||
12. | 5–0 | |||||
13. | 25 October 2014 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
14. | 26 November 2016 | Limbe, Cameroon |
Kenya | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
15. | 29 November 2016 | South Africa | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
16. | 3 December 2016 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
17. | 11 June 2018 | Agege Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria | Gambia | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
18. | 3–0 | |||||
19. | 4–0 | |||||
20. | 6–0 | |||||
21. | 21 November 2018 | Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana | Zambia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
22. | 24 November 2018 | Equatorial Guinea | 5–0 | 6–0 | ||
23. | 11 April 2023 | Marden Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey | New Zealand | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly
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Honours
International
Nigeria
- 2016, 2018
Individual
- 2014 African Women's Championship : Golden Boot
Club
Delta Queens
- Nigerian Women's Championship: 2011, 2012
References
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- En Avant de Guingamp. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b Twitter https://twitter.com/dfco_officiel/status/1277986475011903489. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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(help) - ^ a b "Désiré Oparanozie est Dijonnaise !". dfco.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Desire Oparanozie transfers" (in German). SoccerDonna.de. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Player Champions League profile". UEFA. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Neue Angreiferin" (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Juchem, Markus (13 June 2013). "VfL Wolfsburg verpflichtet Desire Oparanozie". WomenSoccer. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Juchem, Markus (23 January 2014). "VfL Wolfsburg trennt sich von Desire Oparanozie". WomenSoccer. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Futbolcular-Ugochi Desire Oparanozie" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Oparanozie: Nigeria striker captains Guingamp to winning start against Metz". au.sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Denis Oparanozie Bus-stop". MySportDab. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "乌谷西·笛希尔·奥帕拉诺奇加盟武汉·车谷江大队" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Players – Top goals". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Players – Top goals". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Canada and Nigeria seek consolation win". FIFA. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Oparanozie: No words to explain this feeling". FIFA. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Saliu, Mo (12 April 2019). "Why I made Desire Oparanozie Super Falcons Captain - Dennerby". Latest Sports News In Nigeria. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Desire Oparanozie demands equal pay for Nigeria's women's side". 30 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "African International Competitions". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Nigeria reclaim African women's title". BBC Sport. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
External links
- Desire Oparanozie – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Desire Oparanozie – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Desire Oparanozie at Soccerway
- Player stats in France (in French) at statsfootofeminin.fr