Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 February 2001 | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Delta Queens | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Nigeria |
Rita Akarekor (born 13 February 2001 [1]) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Delta Queens in the Nigeria Women Premier League, and Nigeria women's national football team as a goalkeeper. She was adjudged the best goalkeeper in the 2016 Nigeria Women Premier League, and was the only player in her position nominated as the most valuable player in the league. [2]
During the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, Akarekor scored a goal in her side's two–goal win over Adamawa Queens. She explained that it has been her desire for a while to score a competitive goal in the league. [3] In April 2017, Akarekor was in the lineup that defeated relegation threatened Saadatu Amazons, 2-1. A goal from Amazons ended her clean sheet from two previous games. [4] In July 2017, the penultimate game before the end of the regular season, Akarekor recorded another clean sheet against Adamawa Queens at the Atiku Abubakar Stadium. [5]
Akarekor featured in the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations winning team. [6]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 February 2001 | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Delta Queens | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Nigeria |
Rita Akarekor (born 13 February 2001 [1]) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Delta Queens in the Nigeria Women Premier League, and Nigeria women's national football team as a goalkeeper. She was adjudged the best goalkeeper in the 2016 Nigeria Women Premier League, and was the only player in her position nominated as the most valuable player in the league. [2]
During the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, Akarekor scored a goal in her side's two–goal win over Adamawa Queens. She explained that it has been her desire for a while to score a competitive goal in the league. [3] In April 2017, Akarekor was in the lineup that defeated relegation threatened Saadatu Amazons, 2-1. A goal from Amazons ended her clean sheet from two previous games. [4] In July 2017, the penultimate game before the end of the regular season, Akarekor recorded another clean sheet against Adamawa Queens at the Atiku Abubakar Stadium. [5]
Akarekor featured in the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations winning team. [6]