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.
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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.
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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.
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Chiejine, who grew up in Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos, shot to limelight through school football and turned out for Trokas Queens of Lagos.
