Nkiru Okosieme

Nkiru Doris "NK" Okosieme (born 1 March 1972) is a former captain of the Nigeria women's national football team. She played as a midfielder. Okosieme played in four FIFA Women's World Cups (1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003). She played many African Women Cup of Nations games.  In 2000, she played in the Summer Olympics.FIFA.com Okosieme was called "The Headmistress". This was because she would sometimes score important goals with her head. 

Career
Okosieme became the captain for Nigeria in the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was still a teenager.

At the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, Okosieme was playing for Rivers Angels. She scored three goals in four games. Nigeria reached the quarter-finals. They then lost 4–3 to Brazil. Okosieme loved playing in America so much that she joined USL W-League club Charlotte Lady Eagles. She also went to an American university. Here, she played college soccer. She won the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year. In all four years of college, she was in the All-Regional team. She was also a NSCAA All-American.

Okosieme has won the Africa Women Cup of Nations in 1998, 2000 and 2002.

Her brother Ndubuisi Okosieme was also an international footballer.

References

Other websites


 Profile at Clayton State University

Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Nigerian footballers