Chinaza Love Uchendu (born 3 December 1997) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a

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for

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team

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Club career

Uchendu played for

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 the

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from the start of 2017 until July 2018 after that she transferred with help of to

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. On 19 September 2024, Uchendu joins French side

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International career

During the

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Uchendu only played the final, where she was subbed in 8 minutes before the end of the extra time. She scored one of the fourth penalties in the penalty shootout that brought 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 ...

the championship.

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Living people Nigerian women's footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen 1997 births Rivers Angels F.C. players Nigeria women's international footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate women's footballers in South Korea Campeonato Nacional Feminino players S.C. Braga (women) players Footballers from Lagos Women's association football midfielders 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Damallsvenskan players Linköpings FC players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players FC Nantes (women) players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub