The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the death of former Super Falcons player, Ifeanyi Chiejine.
In a brief statement on Thursday, the football body said that she had passed away on Wednesday after a brief illness, Igbere TV reports.
Ifeanyi was playing for SSVSM-Kairat Almaty in the Kazakhstani Championship at the time of her death.
The midfielder captained the first Nigerian team to the then U19 Women’s World Cup in 2002.
Igbere TV reports that she enjoyed a brilliant career playing for the likes of FC Indiana in USA’s W-League, KMF Kuopio and PK-35 Vantaa in Finland and Zvezda Perm in Russia.
Ifeanyi Chiejine became a fully capped international, being a part of the Nigerian squad to the 1999, 2003 and 2007 editions of the senior Women’s World Cup.
She also played at the 2000 and 2008 Olympic Games in a glorious career that saw her score 15 goals in 61 games for Nigeria.
Chiejine, who grew up in Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos, shot to limelight through school football and turned out for Trokas Queens of Lagos.
