How good is Chiamaka Nnadozie?

Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie WAS born ON 8th December 2000 and is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Paris FC in the French Division 1 Féminine and the Nigeria women’s national football team.

She has been regarded as the best female goalkeeper in Africa and one of the best in the world.

Nnadozie signed for Rivers Angels at the start of the 2016 season.

In 2019 Nnadozie was instrumental in Rivers Angel’s 2019–2020 Season NWPL league win.

On January 22, 2020, she signed for the French side Paris FC on an 18-month deal.

During the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Nnadozie played all four matches. Against Haiti, she received the “Dare to Shine” Player of the Match award for her good performance.

Not much after the U-20 Tournament, she was also selected for the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations where she stayed on the bench for all five matches, then at the 2019 Women’s WAFU Cup she was in goal for the Super Falcon’s spectacular performance.

At age 19, Nnadozie was named to the senior national team (commonly known as the Super Falcons) to compete at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.

As Nigeria’s starting goalkeeper in the team’s 2–0 victory over Korea, Nnadozie became the youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet at the World Cup.

After the World Cup, Nnadozie again helped the Falconets to a Gold medal at the African Games in Morocco saving three penalties in the shootout against Cameroon.

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.

In the first game of the Women’s World Cup against Olympic champions Canada,

Nnadozie was the captain of the Super Falcons. She made three saves, including stopping a 50th-minute penalty from Christine Sinclair.

Her performances in the game secured a goalless draw for the Super Falcons, earned herself a Player of the Match award, and garnered international attention

How good is Chiamaka Nnadozie?

“She is one of the best keepers in the world already at her age,” Soubeyrand adds about the 22-year-old. It looks like Paris FC’s biggest fears are happening in this World Cup. Nnadozie was fantastic and decisive in Nigeria’s 0-0 draw against Canada when she made three saves, including a Christine Sinclair penalty.