Ifeoma Dieke
Dieke with Scotland in September 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ifeoma Nnenna Dieke | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Amherst, Massachusetts, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Vittsjö GIK | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | FIU Golden Panthers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Atlanta Beat | 13 | (1) |
| 2007 | QBIK | ||
| 2008 | Kristianstads DFF | ||
| 2009–2010 | Chicago Red Stars | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Boston Breakers | 22 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Apollon Limassol (loan) | ||
| 2012– | Vittsjö GIK | 39 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Scotland | 109 | (0) |
| 2012– | Great Britain | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 August 2014 |
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Ifeoma Nnenna Dieke (born 25 February 1981) is an American-born, Scottish football defender, currently playing for Vittsjö GIK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Since 2004, she has appeared on 109 occasions for the Scotland women's national football team. Dieke was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to Nigerian parents, moving to Cumbernauld in Scotland when she was three years old. Her first name "Ifeoma" means "Good thing" in the Igbo language. Dieke and fellow Scot Kim Little were the only non-English players selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.
Dieke started her football career when she was eight years old, playing for her primary school St Mary's. She later joined Cumbernauld Cosmos, from where she moved to Cumbernauld Ladies. In 1999, she was awarded a scholarship by Florida International University, playing for the university's FIU Golden Panthers women's soccer team. She graduated in 2003 and joined Women's United Soccer Association side Atlanta Beat. She started eight of 13 regular season games and scored one goal. The league folded at the end of her first season, and Dieke later played in Sweden (for QBIK in 2007 and for Kristianstads DFF in 2008) and Cyprus.
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