Fun facts: What you don’t know about Nigeria’s Christy Ucheibe

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

One of the engine room of the Nigeria women’s national team in recent years, Christy Ucheibe is one of the players making her maiden appearance at the 203 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

She actually played her first FIFA Women’s World Cup match when the Super Falcons played out a 0-0 draw with Olympic champions, Canada.

From representing the country at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in 2018 (in France) alongside the likes of Gift Monday, Rasheedat Ajibade, and Chiamaka Nnadozie, the SL Benfica midfielder revealed that featuring at the Women’s World Cup was a dream she promised her late mother after the 0-0 draw against Canada.

In exclusive chat with NigeriaFootball, She shared some fun facts about herself.

NAME: Ucheibe Christy Onyenatutuchi

CURRENT CLUB: SL Benfica (Portugal)

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Assi IF (Sweden)

POSITION: Attacking Midfielder / Defensive Midfielder

JERSEY NUMBER: 16

STATE OF ORIGIN: Abia State

FAVORITE JERSEY NUMBER: CLUB #16/ COUNTRY#10

WHAT DO YOU DO HOURS BEFORE MATCHES / PRE MATCH RITUALS?: I always listen to gospel music.

BEST FOOD: Oha soup with Fufu

BEST COLOUR: No faourite colour

HOBBIES: Music and movies

TURN OFFS (DISLIKES): Bad vibes

BEST PLACES VISITED IN NIGERIA AND REASONS: Abuja, peaceful and calm

FIRST-EVER GOAL FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY (IF ANY): Country, Nigeria vs Botswana at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON)

YOUR HAPPIEST MOMENT AS A FOOTBALLER: The day I was called upon to represent Nigeria, a great nation.

SADDEST MOMENT: Losing my mum and crashing out from WAFCON 2022 in the semi-final against Morocco.

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO YOUR FANS: To say a very big thank you to all my fans for their endless love and support even in bad and good moments. I promise to always make them proud and continue working hard. Much love for them.