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Glory Akumbu Ogbonna (born 25 December 1998) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for the Turkish club ALG Spor and the Nigeria women's national team.[2] She has formerly played with Edo Queens in the Nigeria Women Football League.

Glory Ogbonna

Personal information
Full name	Glory Akumbu Ogbonna[1]
Date of birth	(1998-12-25) 25 December 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	ALG Spor
Number	5
Youth career
0000–2019	Edo Queens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Edo Queens
2021	Umeå IK	11	(0)
2022	Santa Teresa	14	(0)
2022–	ALG Spor	1	(0)
National team‡
2016–2018	Nigeria U20	4	(0)
2019–	Nigeria	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2022

Club career

On 16 July 2021, while in Austria with the rest of Super Falcons of Nigeria in camp for Aisha Buhari's invitational tournament, a Umeå-based professional association football club that plays in Elitettan, the second tier of women's football in Sweden club, Umeå IK announced the capturing of Glory as their new player until the end of the 2022 season.

After playing in Sweden, the left-back moved to Turkey and signed with the Gaziantep-based league champion club ALG Spor on 13 August 2022.[3] On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.[4]

International career

At junior level, Ogbonna represented Nigeria at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2016 and 2018.[1][5]

At the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup, Nigerian head coach, Thomas Dennerby stated that he was most impressed by the performance of Ogbonna after the competition.[6] After her debut for the senior team at the tournament, she was invited for 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers, and subsequently making the squad to the main tournament.[7]

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