Charity Chetachukwu Reuben (born 25 December 2000) is a Nigerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, who plays for Al Ahly Women. She previously represented Ibom Angels in the

Nigeria Women Premier League The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for male players. The Nigeria Wome ...

, and

Nigeria women's national under-20 football team The Nigeria women's national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Falconets, represents Nigeria in international youth women's football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior Nigeria women's ...

. For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, she scored eight goals, the most by any player in the league.

Career

After joining from

Rivers Angels Rivers Angels F.C. (formerly Larry Angels F.C.) is a Nigerian professional football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria. They play in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the top flight in the national female soccer league pyramid ...

in 2015, Reuben scored six goals during the

2016 Nigeria Women Premier League The 2016 Nigeria Women Premier League was scheduled to start in February 2016, but was moved to 21 May, 2016. A total of 18 teams were registered for the season. The teams are divided into two groups of nine each. The winner of each abridged league ...

. Charity featured for Nigeria at the

2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international Women's association football, women's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-20 national te ...

. In February 2018, she was nominated by the

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for the 2017 Women Player of the Year. In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards, but the award was eventually given to Rasheedat Ajibade. Reuben has played for Bayelsa Queens football club since 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reuben, Charity Nigerian women's footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen Living people 2000 births Expatriate women's footballers in Egypt Expatriate women's footballers in Kazakhstan Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Rivers Angels F.C. players BIIK Kazygurt players Women's association football forwards Bayelsa Queens F.C. players Ibom Angels F.C. players