Faith Michael
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File:Faith Ikidi (cropped).jpg Michael in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Piteå IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Novia Queens FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Bayelsa Queens FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Klepp IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | QBIK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Eskilstuna United DFF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Linköpings FC | 37 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Piteå IF | 205 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004– | Nigeria | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Faith Michael (née Ikidi; born 28 February 1987) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for Damallsvenskan club Piteå IF and the Nigeria women's national team.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Port Harcourt, Ikidi was raised in Edo State. [citation needed]
Club career
[edit | edit source]In 2006, Ikidi was one of three Nigerian players to be the first set of Africans to play in the Swedish Championship while playing for QBIK.[1]
In December 2015, Ikidi signed a two-year extension with Piteå.[2][3]
International career
[edit | edit source]Ikiri has represented Nigeria on the senior national team since 2004.[4] In November 2006, she helped the team win its fifth African Women's Championship after defeating Ghana 1–0 in the final.[5]
Honors and awards
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]Nigeria
- Africa Women Cup of Nations Winner: 2006, 2016, 2018
Team
with Linköping FC
- Damallsvenskan: 2009
- Super Cup Women: 2010
Individual
- Damallsvenskan Defender of the Year: 2015[6]
Team
with Piteå
- Damallsvenskan: 2018
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Ikidi married husband Nick Michael on 12 December 2015.[7]
References
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External links
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- Piteå profile Archived 12 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Linkoping profile
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Port Harcourt
- Nigerian women's footballers
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
- Women's association football defenders
- Klepp IL players
- QBIK players
- Eskilstuna United DFF players
- Linköpings FC players
- Piteå IF (women) players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Bayelsa Queens F.C. players
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs