Uchenna Kanu
Kanu with Racing Louisville FC in 2023
Personal information
Full name Uchenna Grace Kanu
Date of birth (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997[1]
Place of birth Abia, Nigeria[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Racing Louisville
Number 29
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Southeastern Fire 78 (157)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Pensacola FC 12 (17)
2020 Sevilla 4 (0)
2020–2021 Linköpings FC 42 (22)
2022–2023 UANL 38 (22)
2023– Racing Louisville 11 (0)
International career‡
2014 Nigeria U17 4 (3)
2014 Nigeria U20 3 (0)
2019– Nigeria 31 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Uchenna Grace Kanu (born 20 June 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville. Internationally, Kanu represents the Nigeria women's national team.

International career

Kanu represented Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 8 April 2019 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Canada.

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[4]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 May 2019Stade Robert Champroux de Macory, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Burkina Faso1-05-12019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
24-1
35-1
411 May 2019Stade Robert Champroux de Macory, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Niger2-015-02019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
53-0
66-0
77-0
811-0
914 May 2019Stade Robert Champroux de Macory, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Mali2-02-02019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
1018 May 2019Stade Robert Champroux de Macory, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast1-11-12019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
1123 February 2021Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Ilıca, Turkey Equatorial Guinea5–09–02021 Turkish Women's Cup
1220 October 2021Onikan Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria Ghana1–02–02022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
132–0
1410 July 2022Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco Burundi3–04–02022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
154–0
166 September 2022Audi Field, Washington D.C., United States United States1–11–2Friendly
1727 July 2023Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia Australia1–13–22023 FIFA Women's World Cup
1831 October 2023MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria Ethiopia1–04–02024 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
1930 November 2023MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria Cape Verde1-05-02024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
203-0

References

  1. 1 2 Uchenna Kanu at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Uchenna Grace Kanu". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Uchenna Kanu – 2018 Women's Soccer – Southeastern University". Southeastern University Athletics.
  4. ↑ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.


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