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Perpetua Nkwocha

Perpetua Nkwocha
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Personal information
Full name Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha
Date of birth (1976-01-03) 3 January 1976 (age 41)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Clemensnäs IF (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2014 Sunnanå SK 139** (65**)
National team
1999–2015 Nigeria 99 (80)
Teams managed
2015– Clemensnäs IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:41, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
**From 2008–2014.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:56, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha (born 3 January 1976) is a Nigerian female professional footballer, who is the coach of Clemensnäs IF from Swedish Women's Football Division 2, she previously played for Swedish club Sunnanå SK. She is also a member and the captain of the Nigeria women's national football team.

With the Nigeria national team she has participated in seven CAF Women's Championship editions (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014), winning five of them (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014). At the 2004 African Women's 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. Nkwocha was voted African Women's Footballer of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2011 by Confederation of African Football (CAF).


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