Chi-Chi Igbo (born 1 May 1986) is a retired Danish-Nigerian footballer. The 38-year-old former Super Falcons player Chichi Igbo is a Danish Pro Soccer player based in Denmark. She plays as a forward for Fortun

When she is not on the football field, Chichi creates YouTube videos. It seems people are more fascinated about her because she is open about her sexuality which is not the case for a lot of gay Nigerians both home and abroad. Chichi has however expressed her pride in being a woman despite her boyish looks. She is known for her boyish lifestyle which has made a lot of people also question her gender.

Club career

Igbo started her career in 2000 with FCT Queens of Abuja. In summer 2002, she graduated with her team the Capital Queens a youth tournament in Denmark which one could win. Igbo herself was named the best player and moved a year later to

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where the ...

in Denmark. In Hjørring at the age of only 15 years, her senior debut in the highest Danish league, in the summer of 2003 series champion was before Hjørring. She was elected in 2005 and 2011 player of the season of the Cup competition. During the seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10 she with her team

won the Danish title. She decided to retire in 2016, after 14 years at Fortuna Hjørring, where she played 270 matchcountry, es and won four league titles and three cup titles.

International career

Since 2004, she has played for the

Nigeria women's national football team The Nigeria women's national football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's association football, women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa's most s ...

. She represented her country at the

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak o ...

in China.FIFA Spielerstatistik Chi-Chi IGBO - FIFA.com
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1986 births Living people Fortuna Hjørring players Nigeria women's international footballers 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Nigerian women's footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen Women's association football forwards Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub