Perpetua Nkwocha

Four goals in a final: the Super Falcons’ greatest goalscorer.

4African Player of the Year
4Goals in 2004 final
5WAFCON titles
4World Cups

Imo State roots

Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha was born on 3 January 1976; her family home is in Amankwu Umuhu, Ngor-Okpala, Imo State.

The Queen of Johannesburg

In the 2004 African Women’s Championship final in Johannesburg, Nkwocha scored four goals as Nigeria beat Cameroon 5-0, still the only player to do so in a final. She scored 9 goals in 5 games at that tournament and 11 in 2010.

For Nigeria

Nkwocha played for Nigeria from 1999 to 2015, at four World Cups and three Olympic Games, and won five African titles (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014). She scored more goals at the African Championship than anyone else and was CAF African Women’s Player of the Year four times (2004, 2005, 2010, 2011).

Sweden

From 2007 she played for Sunnanå SK in Sweden, then became player-coach and coach of Clemensnäs IF.

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