Former Falconets Captain, Chiejine, Is Dead - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 22, 2019
IfeanyiChiejine, former captain of Nigeria’s Under 20 female football team, Falconetsis dead.
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF announced this on its twitter handle @thenff on Thursday in Abuja.
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Chiejinecaptained the first set of the U-19 national team, which is now known as U-20,to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2002 and went on to play for the senior team,Super Falcons.
Chiejineplayed for Nigeria Women Football League clubs like Pelican Stars, Flying BabesFC, Confluence Queens and FCT Queens.
Shewas also part of the successful Bayelsa Queens side that won the league back toback in 2006 and 2007 alongside Evelyn Nwabuoku and Onome Ebi, among others.
Sherepresented Nigeria at three FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1999, 2003 and 2007 andwas the youngest player at the 1999 FIFA Women’ World Cup in the U.S.