Tochukwu Oluehi

Summary

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

Tochukwu Oluehi
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 (age 36)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Hakkarigücü Spor
Number 97
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 =

Club career edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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.

External links edit

  • Tochukwu Oluehi – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • Tochukwu Oluehi – UEFA competition record (archive)