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Rita Akarekor
Personal information
Date of birth	13 February 2001 (age 23)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Delta Queens
International career
Years	Team
	Nigeria

Rita Akarekor (born 13 February 2001^[1]) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Delta Queens in the Nigeria Women Premier League, and Nigeria women's national football team as a goalkeeper. She was adjudged the best goalkeeper in the 2016 Nigeria Women Premier League, and was the only player in her position nominated as the most valuable player in the league.^[2]

Playing career

Club

During the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, Akarekor scored a goal in her side's two–goal win over Adamawa Queens. She explained that it has been her desire for a while to score a competitive goal in the league.^[3] In April 2017, Akarekor was in the lineup that defeated relegation threatened Saadatu Amazons, 2-1. A goal from Amazons ended her clean sheet from two previous games.^[4] In July 2017, the penultimate game before the end of the regular season, Akarekor recorded another clean sheet against Adamawa Queens at the Atiku Abubakar Stadium.^[5]