Chinaza Uchendu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chinaza Love Uchendu | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Rivers Angels | ||
| 2018–2020 | Braga | 12 | (4) |
| 2020 | Linköpings FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Gyeongju KHNP | 41 | (5) |
| 2024 | Galatasaray | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Nantes | 6 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Melbourne City | 17 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2018–2019 | Nigeria | 10 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 August 2026 | |||
Chinaza Love Uchendu (Igbo: [tʃí.nà.zá lɔ́v ʊ̀.tʃé.ⁿdù][1] born 3 December 1997) is a Nigerian international footballer who last played as a midfielder for A-League Women club Melbourne City.
Club career
Uchendu played for Rivers Angels in the Nigeria Women Premier League from the start of 2017 until July 2018 after that she transferred with help of to Braga in Portugal.[2]
On 19 September 2024, Uchendu joined French side FC Nantes.[3]
In September 2025, Uchendu was signed by Australian A-League Women club Melbourne City.[4] At the end of the season, in August 2026, Uchendu announced her departure from the club.[5]
International career
During the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations 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 championship.[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPFbTQ1j0yF/?igsh=anNucW40dGc2OTBj
- ↑ "Super Falcon star Uchendu joins Braga from Rivers Angels". TheCable. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ "NOUVEAU RENFORT OFFENSIF CHEZ LES FÉMININES" (in French). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ↑ Kovacic, Jack (18 September 2025). "Nigerian international joins Melbourne City". Melbourne City.
- ↑ Uchendu, Chinaza (19 August 2026). "@melbournecity , thank you for the memories, the lessons, the challenges, the laughter, the tears, and every moment that made this chapter so special" – via Instagram.
- ↑ "Nigeria Women vs South Africa Women". CAF Online. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
External links
- Chinaza Uchendu at Soccerway
- Profile at S.C. Braga (in Portuguese)
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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
- Melbourne City FC (women) players
- A-League Women players
- 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players
- Nigeria women's under-20 international footballers
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs