Osinachi Ohale

Osinachi Marvis Ohale (born 21 December 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a centre back or a right back for Spanish Primera División club Madrid CFF and the Nigeria women's national team.

Osinachi Ohale
Personal information
Full name Osinachi Marvis Ohale[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991[1]
Place of birth Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre back, right back
Club information
Current team
 Madrid CFF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Rivers Angels
2010–2014 Delta Queens
2014 Houston Dash 19 (1)
2015–2017 Rivers Angels
2017–2018 Vittsjö GIK 22 (1)
2018–2019 Växjö DFF 16 (0)
2019–2020 CD Tacón 15 (2)
2020 Roma 2 (0)
2021– Madrid CFF 0 (0)
National team‡
Nigeria 26[2] (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2020
**Source: Houston Dash[3]
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:53, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Ohale played for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League throughout the 2014 season before returning home to Nigeria with Rivers Angels.[4][5]

In 2016, she joined Swedish Damallsvenskan side Vittsjö GIK, playing for the club on 22 occasions before transferring to Vaxjo DFF eighteen months later in August 2018.[6]

On 11 September 2019, she signed for Spanish side CD Tacón on a permanent transfer, playing her first game for the club in a 3–0 victory over Sporting de Huelva just three days later.[7]

On 30 July 2020, Ohale signed for A.S. Roma Women, the Nigeria international parted ways with Spanish side CD Tacon, now renamed Real Madrid, last month (June, 2020) after the expiration of her contract with the Primera Iberdrola outfit. She joined the Serie A Women's League outfit on a one-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Reacting to her historic move, Ohale told the club website:[8] “I chose Roma because of so many things; so many amazing things about the club, about this city and this country that interested me.” “I felt like it would be a great thing for me, to explore and to experience new things and a new challenge.” [9]

International career

She represented Nigeria in the African Women's Championship tournaments of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018. She has won the competition on all four occasions.

She was also on the Nigerian squads of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011, 2015 and 2019.[10]

Honours

Club
Delta Queens FC

International
Nigeria

Individual

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Player profile". Houston Dash. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. "Osinachi Ohale's route to United States, Houston Dash is an answer to prayers". Houston Dash. Houston Dash Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. "Exclusive: Agent Tips Osinachi Ohale To Be An Instant Hit At Houston Dash". AllNigeriaSoccer.com. All Nigeria soccer Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. "Super Falcons star moves to Växjö DFF in Sweden". Pulse.ng. Pulse.ng. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. "Osinachi Ohale: Super Falcons defender joins CD Tacon from Vaxjo DFF". Goal.com. Goal.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  8. https://www.asroma.com/en/news/2020/7/osinachi-ohale-joins-roma-women
  9. https://www.asroma.com/en/news/2020/7/ohale-impressed-by-spirit-as-she-joins-up-with-new-teammates
  10. "Osinashi Ohale on Goal.com Website". Goal.com. Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  11. "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 28 January 2021.


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