Ifeoma Onumonu completes switch to French side Montpellier

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria Forward Ifeoma Onumonu has signed with French top-flight side Montpellier for the 2024/2025 season.

Onumonu joins Montpellier from the Utah Royals of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She will wear jersey number 11 for the French D1 Arkema team.

The Utah Royals released Onumonu last week after she played just five games with the team. Prior to her time at Utah Royals, she spent four seasons with Gotham FC from 2020 to 2023 and had previous stints with the Boston Breakers, Portland Thorns, and Seattle Reign in the NWSL.

The Super Falcons forward was a key player for Nigeria in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, helping the team qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She was also part of Nigeria’s squad for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, where the nine-time African champions reached the Round of 16.

Recently, Onumonu represented Nigeria at the women’s football tournament in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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