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Nkiru Doris "NK" Okosieme (born 1 March 1972) is a former captain of the Nigerian female football team (Super Falcons) football midfielder who played for the Nigeria women's national football team across four FIFA Women's World Cups (1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003), Several African Women Cup of Nations and 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] Okosieme was nicknamed "The Headmistress" for her habit of scoring important goals with her head.[2]

Nkiru Okosieme

Personal information
Full name	Nkiru Doris Okosieme
Date of birth	(1972-03-01) 1 March 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	King Tornado
2001–2004	Clayton State Lakers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	S.C. Imo State
	Rivers Angels
2000–2005	Charlotte Lady Eagles
National team
1991–2003	Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Okosieme captained Nigeria at the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup while still a teenager. She played the full 80 minutes in all three of Nigeria's defeats, while attached to the S.C. Imo State club.[3]

At the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, Okosieme was playing for Rivers Angels.[4] Before the tournament she declared: "We no longer have an inferiority complex".[5] She scored three goals in four games as Nigeria reached the quarter-finals, losing 4–3 to Brazil. Okosieme enjoyed playing in America so much that she joined USL W-League club Charlotte Lady Eagles and enrolled at university, where she played college soccer.[6] The W-league is the highest level for women's soccer in U.S. today. In 2001, "NK" was the second highest goal scorer in NCAA Div II. She has won the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year, and in the All-Regional team for four years. She was also a NSCAA All-American.

Okosieme has won the Africa Women Cup of Nations with the "Super Falcons" on three occasions in 1998, 2000, 2002 .

Her brother Ndubuisi Okosieme was also an international footballer.[7]

See also

• Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Nkiru Okosieme – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Nkiru Okosieme at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Nkiru Okosieme at the International Olympic Committee
• Profile at Clayton State University

Category Igbo people

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