Uchenna Kanu

Uchenna Kanu
	Kanu with Racing Louisville FC in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Uchenna Grace Kanu
Date of birth	20 June 1997[1]
Place of birth	Abia, Nigeria[2]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Team information
Current team	Racing Louisville
Number	29
College career
Years	Team
2016–2019	Southeastern Fire
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Pensacola FC
2020	Sevilla
2020–2021	Linköpings FC
2022–2023	UANL
2023–	Racing Louisville
International career‡
2014	Nigeria U17
2014	Nigeria U20
2019–	Nigeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2023

Uchenna Grace Kanu (born 20 June 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Racing Louisville. Internationally, Kanu represents the Nigeria women's national team.

International career

Kanu represented Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 8 April 2019 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Canada.

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 February 2021	Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Ilıca, Turkey	Equatorial Guinea	5–0	9–0	2021 Turkish Women's Cup
2	20 October 2021	Onikan Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Ghana	1–0	2–0	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3	20 October 2021	Onikan Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Ghana	2–0	2–0	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4	10 July 2022	Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco	Burundi	3–0	4–0	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
5	10 July 2022	Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco	Burundi	4–0	4–0	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
6	6 September 2022	Audi Field, Washington D.C., United States	United States	1–1	1–2	Friendly
7	27 July 2023	Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia	Australia	1–1	3–2	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Uchenna Kanu at Soccerway
"Uchenna Grace Kanu". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
"Uchenna Kanu – 2018 Women's Soccer – Southeastern University". Southeastern University Athletics.
Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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