Francisca Ordega

Francisca Ordega
Personal information
Full name Francisca Ordega[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993[1]
Place of birth Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Washington Spirit
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Bayelsa Queens
2011–2012 Rivers Angels
2012–2013 Rossiyanka
2013–2014 Piteå IF 34 (4)
2015– Washington Spirit 29 (6)
National team‡
Nigeria 26[2] (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2015 (Spirit updated October 27, 2016).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:27, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Francisca Ordega (birthdate: 19 October 1993) is a Nigerian professional soccer player who also plays for Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League. She represented Nigeria women's national football team (Super Falcons) at both the FIFA Women's World Cup and African Women's Championship.[3][4][5]

Club career

Ordega began her career at the youth level for Bayelsa Queens, before being promoted to the professional side in 2008 where she played at Nigerian Women's Championship. In 2011 she moved to Rivers Angels, a top club in Nigeria. A year later, sign with Russian Women's Football Championship club Rossiyanka. From 2013 to 2015, she played for Piteå IF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Ordega then moved across the North Atlantic and signed with Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League.[6][7] In her first season with the Spirit, Ordega scored three goals and made two assists. She returned in 2016 to score two goals during the regular season. The Nigerian's most memorable Spirit goal came in the NWSL Semifinal when she scored in extra time to send the Spirit to its first ever NWSL Championship.[8]

International career

Ordega represented the Nigeria women's national football team in all levels. With the under 17, she played the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and with the under 20 at 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior level she played in the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments of 2011 and 2015.[9] At the latter she opened her World Cup account by scoring Nigeria's equalizing goal against Sweden on 8 June 2015 in Winnipeg, Canada. The pulsating match ended 3–3 in the opening game of Group D.[10]

She was also part of Nigeria's squads at the African Women's Championship of 2010 and 2014, winning both tournaments.[3]

Honours

Club

Rivers Angels

International

Nigeria

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Oparanozie, Ordega eye 2014 African Women Championship trophy". Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Francisca Ordega profile on Goal.com". Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ordega on Soccerway". Soccerway.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Falconets' Francisca Ordega signs for Swedish club Jitex BK – report". Goal.com. Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  8. ↑ http://washingtonspirit.com/persons/francisca-ordega/
  9. ↑ "FIFA player stats". FIFA. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "The O's upset Sweden in pulsating 3 all thriller". womenssoccerunited.com. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

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