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Chiamaka Okwuchukwu
Personal information
Full name Chiamaka Cristabel Okwuchukwu[1]
Date of birth (2005-08-07) 7 August 2005 (age 21)
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rivers Angels
2025 San Diego Wave 3 (1)
International career‡
2022–2024 Nigeria U-20 8+ (2+)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 September 2024

Chiamaka Cristabel Okwuchukwu Listenⓘ (born 7 August 2005) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. She has represented Nigeria at the youth international level.

Club career

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She was born on the 7th of August, 2005, as the seventh of eight children growing up in the town of Njaba.[2] She has played for seven-time NWFL Premiership champions Rivers Angels.[2]

San Diego Wave

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On 13 January 2025, the NWSL's San Diego Wave FC announced that they had signed Okwuchukwu on a one-year contract, transferring her for an undisclosed fee from Rivers Angels.[3] She scored her first NWSL goal less than two minutes into her debut, which occurred in a 2–1 defeat to the Orlando Pride on 29 March 2025.[4] Okwuchukwu earned her first start with the Wave in the following game, a 2–0 defeat to the Kansas City Current.[5] She made one more appearance with the Wave in 2025 before a leg injury forced her to miss the remainder of the season.[6] At the end of the year, Okwuchukwu departed from San Diego upon the expiration of her contract.[7]

International career

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Okwuchukwu played in all four games (two starts) for Nigeria at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at age 16, helping them top their group before falling to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.[3][8] The following cycle, appeared in all four games (three starts) at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, recording two goals and one assist during the group stage; she scored and had a goal called offside in a 3–1 loss to Germany and assisted and scored the first two goals in a 4–0 win against Venezuela.[9][8] When she scored against Germany, she emulated the celebration of her idol Cristiano Ronaldo.[9][10] Nigeria finished second in their group and lost to eventual finalists Japan in the first knockout round.[8] For her performance, Okwuchukwu was one of three finalists for CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year in 2024,[11] losing to Morocco's Doha El Madani.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Chiamaka Okwuchukwu: My talent is a gift". FIFA. September 11, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "San Diego Wave FC Signs Forward Chiamaka Okwuchukwu". San Diego Wave FC. January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  4. ↑ Grueskin, Birgen (March 29, 2025). "San Diego Wave FC Falls 2-1 to Orlando Pride at Inter&Co Stadium". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ Grueskin, Birgen (April 13, 2025). "San Diego Wave FC Falls 2-0 to Kansas City Current at Snapdragon Stadium". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ Grueskin, Birgen (July 30, 2025). "San Diego Wave FC Forward Chiamaka Okwuchukwu Placed on Season-Ending Injury List". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ Grueskin, Birgen (December 9, 2025). "San Diego Wave FC Announces 2025 End-of-Year Roster Decisions". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Chiamaka Okwuchukwu at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  9. 1 2 "Okwuchukwu Shines Despite Falconets' Defeat to Germany in U-20 Women's W'Cup". This Day. September 6, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  10. ↑ Oyebola, Mike (September 12, 2024). "Colombia 2024: Falconets star, Okwuchukwu wants handshake with Cristiano Ronaldo". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  11. ↑ Oyebola, Mike (December 12, 2024). "CAF Awards 2024: Okwuchukwu makes final shortlist for women's young POTY". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  12. ↑ Benkiran, Rabei. "CAF Awards 2024: Trois Marocaines nommées dans la catégorie "Joueuse interclubs de l'année"". L'Opinion Maroc (in French). Retrieved November 23, 2024.
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