Ifeanyi Chiejine

Ifeanyi Chiejine
Personnel
Surname	Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine
birthday	17th May 1983
place of birth	Lagos ,  Nigeria
date of death	August 21, 2019
size	178 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
1994-1997	Pepsi Football Academy
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2002	FCT Queens
2003-2004	Pelican Stars FC
2007-2009	Bayelsa Queens
2008	→  FC Indiana  (loan)
2010	KMF Kuopio
2011	PK-35 Vantaa
2011-2013	Zvezda Perm
2013–?	CSHVSM Almaty
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1998-2008	Nigeria	61 (15)
1 Only league games are given.

Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine (born May 17, 1983 in Lagos , † August 21, 2019 ) was a Nigerian soccer player .

Life

Chiejine was born in Lagos and attended the Awodi-Ora Secondary School here, where she graduated in 2001. On August 21, 2019, Chiejine died after a brief illness.

Club career

In her home country she began her career at the renowned Pepsi Football Academy . This was followed by positions in the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) for the FCT Queens, the Pelican Stars and the Bayelsa Queens. This was followed by positions in the USA on loan from Bayelsa Queens with FC Indiana in the W-League , in Finland with KMF Kuopio and PK-35 Vantaa in the Naisten liiga and the Russian Supreme Division at Zvezda Perm . From summer 2013 she was under contract with the UEFA Women's Champions League participant CSHVSM Almaty in Kazakhstan .

Career in the national team

Chiejine was a national player for Nigeria . When she first participated in a World Cup in 1999 , she was used in the game against North Korea at the age of 16 years and 34 days . This makes her the youngest player ever to have played at a women's World Cup. She also took part in the 2003 and 2007 World Championships . She also played at the Summer Olympics in Australia in 2000 and in China in 2008 . Chiejine played a total of 61 internationals and scored 15 goals.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nigeria - I. Chiejine - Profile. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Steve Dede: Former Super Falcons midfielder Ifeanyi Chiejine dies after brief illness. In: Pulse.ng. August 22, 2019, accessed on August 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Chicks Prepare To Be Falcons. Pepsi Football Academy, archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 (English). 
4. ↑ Lanre Olaleye: Africa: Chiejine, Kudaisi, Nkwocha Germany Bound. In: allAfrica.com. June 16, 2000, accessed August 22, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Akinbode Oguntuyi: NWPL: Rivers Angels ready for Pelican Stars. In: Futaa.com. June 21, 2013, archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 (English). 
6. ^ FC Indiana Into Global Top 5. In: gsport4girls. February 2, 2008, accessed August 22, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Shek Borkowski: “We'll have a tough season if we play like this…” In: lta-agency.com. April 19, 2010, archived from the original on October 10, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 (English). 
8. ↑ Emeka Esogbue: Ifeanyi Chiejine: Ike Anioma Legend Award: Celebrating our own people. In: Emeka Esogbue's blog. July 12, 2011, archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 (English). 
9. ↑ UEFA Women's Champions League: Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine. In: UEFA.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; Retrieved August 22, 2019 (Portuguese). 
10. ↑ 39 days to go. In: FIFA.com. April 28, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2019 . 
11. ^ FIFA player statistics Ifeanyi Chiejine. In: FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Ifeanyi Chiejine - Bio. In: NBC Olympics: Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 (English).  
13. ↑ New Talent: Indiana FC adds Nigeria's Ifeanyi Chiejine. In: Chicagoland Soccer News. November 26, 2007, archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 .