Charity Reuben

Charity Chetachukwu Reuben (born December 25, 2000) is a Nigerian footballer,[2] who plays for BIIK Kazygurt. She previously represented Ibom Angels in the Nigeria Women Premier League, and Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.[3] For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, she scored eight goals, which was the most by any player in the league.[4]

Charity Reuben
Personal information
Full name Charity Chetachukwu Reuben[1]
Date of birth (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 BIIK Kazygurt
Youth career
Rivers Angels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Ibom Angels
2018–2019 Bayelsa Queens
2019– BIIK Kazygurt (5)
National team
2016 Nigeria U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

After joining from Rivers Angels in 2015, Reuben scored six goals during the 2016 Nigeria Women Premier League.[5] Charity featured for Nigeria at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[6][7] In February 2018, she was nominated by the Nigeria Football Federation for 2017 Women Player of the Year.[8][9] In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards, but lost the award to Rasheedat Ajibade.[10] Charity Reuben plays in the Kazakhstan women's league for BIIK Kazygurt football club since 2019.

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 List of Players Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 21 November 2016. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. "Reuben livid goals counted for nothing". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. "Reuben predicts win v Abia Angels". SuperSport. April 25, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. "Charity Reuben is top scorer in the on-going NWFL". Archived from most valuable player women aiteo cup 2017 the original Check |url= value (help) on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. "Charity Reuben eager for new NWFL". Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  6. "Nigeria out of U-20 World Cup but we are still proud of them". Pulse. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  7. "Ihezuo, Yakubu make U20 Women's World Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  8. "Moses, Ndidi, Okpotu, Oshoala nominated for NFF awards - naijafootballplus". naijafootballplus. 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  9. "2018 NFF Awards: Women's Player of the Year Nominees". Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  10. Abayomi, Tosin (May 11, 2018). "Mikel, Moses lead nominations for fifth edition". Pulse. Retrieved 2018-07-28.


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