Osinachi Ohale
Nigerian footballer (born 1991)
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Osinachi Marvis Ohale ⓘOON (born 21 December 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back or right back for Liga MX Femenil club Pachuca and the Nigeria women's national team.
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Ohale with Nigeria U20 in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osinachi Marvis Ohale[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Abuja, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pachuca | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Rivers Angels | ||
| 2010–2014 | Delta Queens | ||
| 2014 | Houston Dash | 19 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Rivers Angels | ||
| 2017–2018 | Vittsjö GIK | 22 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Växjö DFF | 25 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | CD Tacón | 15 | (2) |
| 2020 | Roma | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Madrid CFF | 17 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Alavés | 51 | (3) |
| 2023– | Pachuca | 39 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Nigeria U20 | |||
| 2010– | Nigeria | 81 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 November 2022 **Source: Houston Dash[2] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:23, 27 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Ohale played for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League throughout the 2014 season before returning home to Nigeria with Rivers Angels.[3][4]
In 2016, she joined Swedish Damallsvenskan side Vittsjö GIK, playing for the club on 22 occasions before transferring to Växjö DFF eighteen months later in August 2018.[5]
On 11 September 2019, she signed for Spanish side CD Tacón on a permanent transfer, playing her first game for the club in a 3–0 victory over Sporting de Huelva just three days later.[6]
On 30 July 2020, Ohale signed for A.S. Roma Women, the Nigeria international parted ways with Spanish side CD Tacon (now renamed Real Madrid), after the expiry of her contract with the Primera Iberdrola outfit in June 2020. She joined the Serie A Women's League outfit on a one-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Reacting to her historic move, Ohale told the club website:[7] "I chose Roma because of so many things; so many amazing things about the club, about this city and this country that interested me". "I felt like it would be a great thing for me, to explore and to experience new things and a new challenge".[8]
On 22 January 2021, Ohale was announced at Madrid CFF.[9]
On 14 July 2021, Ohale was announced at Alavés for the next two seasons until 2023.[10]
International career
She represented Nigeria in the African Women's Championship tournaments of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018. She has won the competition on all four occasions.
She was also on the Nigerian squads of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011, 2015 and 2019.[11]
On 24 May 2019, Ohale was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12]
Ohale was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.[13]
On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[14] In their second group stage match against host country Australia, Ohale was solid in defence for the Super Falcons and went on to score the second goal of the game which gave Nigeria the lead against the hosts. Her performance in the match earned her the Player of the Match award.[15]
Ohale was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[16]
Career statistics
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 October 2014 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia |  Zambia | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2014 African Women's Championship |
| 2. | 1 March 2019 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Slovakia | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 3. | 27 July 2023 | Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia |  Australia | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 4. | 18 July 2025 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco | Zambia | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
