Gloria Chinasa

Chinasa Okoro

Okoro with Unia Racibórz in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Gloria Chinasa Okoro
Date of birth	(1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth	Enugu, Nigeria[2]
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2011	Rivers Angels
2011–2014	Unia Racibórz		(43)
2014–2015	Gintra Universitetas
2015	Bobruichanka	9	(4)
2016	Vllaznia
2017	Rouen
2018	Estrellas de E'Waiso Ipola
International career
2006–2018	Equatorial Guinea		(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2018

Gloria Chinasa Okoro (listen^ⓘ, born 8 December 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born and raised in Nigeria to Nigerian parents, she capped for the Equatorial Guinea women's national team.

Club career

Chinasa was born and raised in Nigeria.[2] She began her career in Port Harcourt-based club Rivers Angels. In 2005, she played a match against an Equatorial Guinean club and scored three goals.[2] After that, she accepted a proposal to play for the Equatorial Guinea women's national team.[2]

Chinasa played the 2011 World Cup, where she was a starting player in the 3–2 loss to Australia.[3]

Following the World Cup, Chinasa signed for Polish champions Unia Racibórz. She scored the team's only goal in the 2011–12 Champions League qualifying stage match against Pallokerho-35.[4]

On 28 October 2006, Chinasa scored the first goal in history for Equatorial Guinea on African Women's Championship.[5] She also became African Champion in tournaments held in 2008 and 2012.

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 October 2006	Oleh, Delta, Nigeria	Nigeria	1–2	2–4	2006 African Women's Championship
2	18 November 2008	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Congo	2–1	5–2	2008 African Women's Championship
3	21 November 2008		Mali	1–0	2–1
4	23 May 2010	Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia	Namibia	5–1	5–1	2010 African Women's Championship qualification
5	5 November 2010	Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa	Algeria	1–0	1–0	2010 African Women's Championship
6	8 November 2010		Ghana	3–1	3–1
7	28 October 2012	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	South Africa	1–0	1–0	2012 African Women's Championship
8	31 October 2012		DR Congo	3–0	6–0
9	7 November 2012		Cameroon	1–0	2–0
10	11 November 2012		South Africa		4–0
11				4–0
12	18 July 2015	National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Nigeria	1–1	1–1	2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
13	9 June 2018	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Kenya	1–0	2–0	2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Unia Racibórz

• Ekstraliga: 2011–12,[6] 2012–13[7]
• Polish Cup: 2011–12[8]

Estrellas de E'Waiso Ipola

• Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino: 2018

Equatorial Guinea

• Africa Women Cup of Nations: 2008, 2012

Individual

• Ekstraliga top scorer: 2011–12,[9] 2012–13[10]
• Polish Cup top scorer: 2012–13[11]

References

1. "Competitions - Women AFCON Ghana 2018 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
2. "Prawdziwa maszynka do zdobywania goli" [A real device to score goals] (in Polish). Przegląd Sportowy. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2018. In 2005 we (River Angels) played a cup match against one of the teams from Equatorial Guinea. It just happened very well in this match because I scored three goals. Immediately afterwards, there was a proposal to perform with the national team of this country. I have not thought for a long time, because in Nigeria, it is often necessary to have connections to play on the national team
3. "FIFA Player Statistics: CHINASA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
4. [1] Archived 27 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine UEFA
5. [2] FIFA
6. "Unia Racibórz zdobyła mistrzostwo Polski, Chinasa królową strzelczyń!". sport.nowiny.pl (in Polish). 3 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
7. "Ekstraliga kobiet 2012/2013". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
8. "Unia Racibórz zdobyła Puchar Polski kobiet". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
9. "Strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
10. "Strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
11. "Puchar Polski kobiet 2012/2013". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2024.

External links

• Gloria Chinasa – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Gloria Chinasa – UEFA competition record (archive)