Osinachi Ohale

Osinachi Ohale
Ohale with Nigeria U20 in 2010
Personal information
Full name Osinachi Marvis Ohale[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Abuja, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) 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 26[2] (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022
**Source: Houston Dash[3]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:23, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Osinachi Marvis Ohale (// ⓘ; 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.

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.[4][5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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:[8] "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".[9]

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.[10]

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[11]

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.[12]

Career statistics

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 July 2023 Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia  Australia 2–1 3–2 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

Delta Queens

Nigeria

Individual

  • Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2022[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Player profile". Houston Dash. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Osinachi Ohale's route to United States, Houston Dash is an answer to prayers". Houston Dash. Houston Dash Website. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Exclusive: Agent Tips Osinachi Ohale To Be An Instant Hit at Houston Dash". AllNigeriaSoccer.com. All Nigeria soccer Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Super Falcons star moves to Växjö DFF in Sweden". Pulse.ng. August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Osinachi Ohale: Super Falcons defender joins CD Tacon from Vaxjo DFF". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Osinachi Ohale joins Roma Women!". asroma.com.
  9. ^ "Ohale impressed by spirit as she joins up with new teammates". asroma.com.
  10. ^ "Osinashi Ohale on Goal.com Website". Goal.com. Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  11. ^ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Nigeria's Osinachi Ohale scores goal vs. Australia in 65' | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup". FOX Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  13. ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies Women's AFCON 2022 Best XI". CAF. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  14. ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team Decade 2011–2020". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  15. ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team 2022". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.