Personal information | |||
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Full name | Precious Uzoaru Dede | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ibom Queens | ||
2009 | Arna-Bjørnar | 16 | (0) |
2010–?? | Delta Queens | ||
Ibom Queens | |||
National team‡ | |||
Nigeria | 99 | (0) | |
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:46, 17 June 2015 (UTC) |
Precious Uzoaru Dede (born 18 January 1980 in Lagos) is a retired Nigerian female football goalkeeper, who formerly played for several clubs including Delta Queens FC, Ibom Queens and Arna-Bjørnar, as well as appearing 99 times for the Nigeria women's national football team.
On 30 March 2009 Dede signed a one-year contract to play for Arna-Bjørnar in Bergen, Norway. Dede had been brought in following an injury to fellow goalkeeper Erika Skarbø.
Dede has been in many Nigerian squads over the years, including the Women's World Cup tournaments of 2003, 2007, 2011,2015, the Olympic tournaments of Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and the African Women's Championship tournaments of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, winning it twice (2010, 2014).