Nkem Ezurike
Canadian soccer player
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Nkemjika Natalie Ezurikeⓘ (born March 19, 1992) is a Canadian soccer player. She has played as a forward for the Canada women's national soccer team and Israeli club ASA Tel Aviv.
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Ezurike in 2015 #12 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nkemjika Natalie Ezurike[1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 19, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Michigan Wolverines | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Laval Comets | ||
| 2014–2015 | Boston Breakers | 23 | (3) |
| 2016 | Vittsjö GIK[2] | 18 | (1) |
| 2017 | Mallbackens IF | 25 | (7) |
| 2019– | ASA Tel Aviv | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Canada U-17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2012 | Canada U-20 | 6 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Canada | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of December 28, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of January 14, 2015 | |||
Early life
Ezurike was born in Halifax, Nova scotia, and attended Sackville High School in Lower Sackville.[3]
University of Michigan
Ezurike attended the University of Michigan where she played for the Wolverines from 2010 to 2013.[1]
Club career
In 2012 and 2013, she played with the Laval Comets in the USL W-League.[4][5]
Ezurike was selected eighth overall by the Boston Breakers in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and later signed with the team.[6][7]
On January 14, 2016 she signed with Vittsjö GIK in the Damallsvenskan.[8]
Ezurike signed with Mallbackens IF for the 2017 season.[9]
International career
Ezurike made her debut for the Canada women's national soccer team in 2014.[3] She was named to Canada's squad for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[10]