Nigeria Players Abroad

OFFICIAL: Nigeria forward Grace Henry joins Wydad Athletic Club

Published

11 months ago

11:03 pm

Oluwaseun Oyediji

OFFICIAL: Nigeria forward Grace Henry joins Wydad Athletic Club

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria attacker, Grace Henry has completed a move to Moroccan women’s football side, Wydad Athletic Club.

The former Ibom Angels player switched from another Moroccan team, Hilal Athletic Club Temara.

She signed a two-year contract with her new team till the 2025/2026 season.

Before moving to Morocco, Henry played for Ibom Angels and Edo Queens in the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership.

With huge investments in women’s football in Morocco, more Nigerian players are making their way to the country.

Recently, defender, Margaret Ademulegun joined Centre Municipal Laayoune. The likes of Adejoke Ejalonibu and Wachukwu Janice recently played in the Moroccan women’s league before competing switches to Tanzania and Turkey respectively.

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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