The 40-year-old became the one of the oldest women to have featured at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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In their first FIFA World Cup meeting, in Sweden on June 8, 1995, both teams played out a 3-3 draw at the Olympia in Helsingborg
She is also attending her sixth World Cup finals alongside Canada captain Christine Sinclair and Brazil forward Marta
We are two days away from the start of the World Cup. How is Nigeria getting ready?
“I have no idea where that (boycott) is coming from. We (the players) never had any such conversations as regards that; we are good with training and ready for the World Cup,” Ebi told thenff.com at the team’s training camp in Gold Coast, Australia on Saturday morning.
Spain-based forward Rasheedat Ajibade missed narrowly with a left-footed shot in the 21st minute, but there was no stopping the inspired Ebi 13 minutes later as she nodded in a cross by Toni Payne.
Regular skipper Onome Ebi is recovering from injury sustained at the Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in July.
For the tournament in Morocco, the nine-time champions have an interesting mix of the old guard and new blood.
Cup holders Nigeria and 11 other countries will contend for the coveted Women AFCON trophy in the North African kingdom between 2nd – 23rd July, and all four semi-finalists are guaranteed berths in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – the biggest ever in the history of the women’s game that will be staged in Australia and New Zealand a year on.
The 46-year-old, who is the first woman to have won the Women Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and as coach, opined that the tournament will help the six teams to prepare ahead of their AWCON qualifiers.
Asisat Oshoala, Desire Oparanozie and Onome Ebi headline the 23-player list of Super Falcons players heading to the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France.
Defender Onome Ebi, midfielder Ngozi Okobi and forward Desire Oparanozie top the list of 27 players Super Falcons’ Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has listed for the team’s final camping programme.
Super Eagles’ captain and Al Nasr of Saudi Arabia star, Ahmed Musa, has been crowned as the Nigerian Footballer of the year in 2018.
Champions Nigeria will throw in their aces from the referee’s first blast of the whistle in Saturday’s Women Africa Cup of Nations Final against South Africa at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Asisat Oshoala, Onome Ebi and Tochukwu Oluehi have been named by CAF in the 2018 AWCON XI for the first round.
Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala, defender Onome Ebi and goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi, have made the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations group stage first eleven.
Ebi spoke as the Falcons continue their quest to lift the cup in Ghana.
Ebi told the News Agency of Nigeria she had for long eyed playing in the Chinese football league and was glad to have now exploited the opportunity.
The three-time African Women’s Championships winner is making a grand return after working hard to recover from an injury she sustained in December 2016, at the final game between Cameroon and Nigeria.
Omagbemi, who coached Super Falcons to win the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon, was among the 10 coaches shortlisted for the award.