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Tochukwu Oluehi

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Tochukwu Oluehi
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 (age 37)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Eastern Flames
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Bayelsa Queens
2011–2013 Sunshine Queens
2013–2014 Bobruichanka Bobruisk
2014–2015 Rivers Angels
2016 Medkila IL 21 (0)
2017–2020 Rivers Angels
2020–2021 Pozoalbense 0 (0)
2020–2022 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
2022–2023 Hakkarigücü Spor 13 (0)
2023– Eastern Flames 12 (0)
International career
2007- Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of =

Tochukwu Oluehi (born 2 May 1987) is a Nigerian football goalkeeper for Saudi Women's Premier League club Eastern Flames, and the Nigeria women's national team.[2]

Club career

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Oluehi played for Bobruichanka Bobruisk in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League. In April 2016, Oluehi and compatriot Cecilia Nku left Rivers Angels to join Norwegian Toppserien club Medkila IL.[3] She played 21 games for Medkila,[4] before returned to Rivers Angels[5] and is since 2017 the Team captain, of the Angels.[6]

In September 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined Hakkarigücü Spor to play in the 2022–23 Super League.[7][8]

International career

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She also played three times an FIFA Women's World Cup and one time the Summer Olympic Games for the Nigeria women's national football team.[9]

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players – Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Tochukwu Oluehi: "I didn't start as a goalkeeper"". KICK442.
  3. ^ "Super Falcons' Nku, Oluehi Join Norwegian Club". Complete Sports Nigeria. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. ^ Tochukwu Oluehi – Profil – Norges Fotballforbund
  5. ^ Oluehi the hero as Rivers Angels lift AITEO Cup | ACLSports
  6. ^ Rivers Angels captain Tochukwu Oluehi
  7. ^ "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Tochukwu Oluehi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Hakkarigücü, kadrosuna 4 Afrikalı kadın futbolcu daha kattı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. ^ Tochukwu Oluehi NBC Olympic biography
  10. ^ 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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