Francisca Ordega

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Francisca Ordega
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Personal information
Full name Francisca Ordega[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria
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Position(s) Forward
Team 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 13 (3)
International career‡
Nigeria 26[2] (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2015
‡ 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]

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.[8] 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.[9]

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

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