Chinwendu Ihezuo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chinwendu Veronica Ihezuo | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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BIIK Kazygurt | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–15 | Delta Queens F.C. | ||
| 2016 | BIIK Kazygurt | 20 | (16) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2014 | Nigeria U-17 | ||
| 2014–2016 | Nigeria U-20 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 October 2015 |
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Chinwendu Ihezuo (pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːhwɛŋduː/ /ɛɑːˈʒoʊ/) also known as Chinwe Ihezuo (born 30 April 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for BIIK Kazygurt of Kazakhstan and the Nigeria women's national under-20 football team. She previously played for Delta Queens in the Nigeria Women Premier League. In 2016, she competed in the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League with BIIK Kazygurt.
Ihezuo was born on 30 April 1997 in Ajegunle, Lagos, Nigeria. Her childhood was lived in a Lagos ghetto. She is 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) tall. Her parents were very supportive of her when she started playing football. Her mother supported her interest in the sport by buying her football jerseys in the local market. Throughout most of her youth, she competed and played with boys in the Ajegunle ghetto. Ajegunle has produced some of Nigeria's best men's football players. As a consequence, when training on her own, Ihezuo prefers to train with men.
Ihezuo joined the professional club side BIIK Kazygurt of Kazakhstan for the 2016 on a one-year contract. In her debut season with the club where she wore number 19, she scored 16 goals for BIIK Kazygurt in 20 appearances. She competed with the team at the 2016-17 UEFA Women's Champions League, starting two games, and playing 180 minutes. Goalless in that period, she also picked up a yellow card in her team's 3–1 home victory against Verona. She made her debut in Champions League in her team's 3–1 victory against Wexford Youths during tournament qualifying.
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