Super Falcon Player Named Among Best Female Football Player
Super Falcons of Nigeria and Piteå IF of
Sweden defender, Faith Ikidi has been named
in the Top 100 Female footballers of 2017 by
VAVEL UK.
Ikidi played a key role in Super Falcons success
at the 2016 African Women Nations Cup in
Cameroun, where the Florence Omagbemi-led
team defeated the host nation, Lionesses of
Cameroun, 1-0 in the final.
Before the AWC in Cameroun, past handlers of
the Falcons had ignored Ikedi. She last
featured for the Falcons at the 2011 edition of
the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany,
where Nigeria recorded one victory against
Canada in the city of Dresden, their first and
only victory since USA ’99 World Cup.
But US-based Coach Omagbemi decided to
include her in the defence line up to the AWC
in Cameroun, a decision that yielded dividend
as the former Bayelsa Queens defender
provided adequate cover for goalkeeper Alaba
Jonathan throughout the duration of the
championship. She even scored Nigeria’s first
goal against the Harambee Starlets of Kenya in
the 4-0 victory in the team’s last group match
at the hilltop Omisport Stadium in Limbe.
Ikidi is ranked 32nd on the latest list of best
footballers in the World.
”Over the years, the Swedish Damallsvenskan
has been home to a number of great
centrebacks and Faith Ikidi is up there with
the best of them, and this season she has
arguable been one of the best, if not the best
defender in Sweden,” the website wrote on
Ikidi.
”One of the first names on the team-sheet,
Ikidi played every second for Piteå this season
and was key in PIF’s defensive rigidity, the
Northern most team in Damallsvenskan
boasting the fewest goals conceded over the
course of the year.”
Nominated as the best defender at the Swedish
Football Awards, Ikidi eventually lost out to
Swedish international, Jessica Samuelsson.
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