Super Falcons midfielder Jennifer Echegini is set to join Italian club Juventus.
Echegini, who was part of Super Falcons squad to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has travelled to Italy to conclude negotiations with the Bianconeri.
The versatile midfielder was formerly in the books of American club, Florida State Seminoles.
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The move will make her the first Nigerian to play for Juventus Ladies.
The 22-year-old made three appearances for the Super Falcons in Australia and New Zealand.
Juventus are five-time league winners. They finished second behind AS Roma last season.
The Turin club will compete in the UEFA Women’s Champions League next season.
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Good attacking midfielder with an eye for a goal.Juventus will provide a good platform for her development.
Nigeria will be a force at the next Olympics and the next World Cup respectively,hoping the nff doesn’t ruin everything with news going round about the team’s manager.
I just pray we qualify and don’t allow South Africa, Zambia, CIV, Cameroun, Ghana, or the NFF to frustrate us. Just look at the men’s fumbling already (both in football and basketball). The world is expecting the SF to be back next year as they’ll be one of the booker’s favorites for the gold medal. The first round has started already and it seems only 2 spots are reserved for Africa, so it’s going to be battle royale.
NFF is the biggest enemy of Nigerian football.
Super Falcons have failed to qualify for the Olympics since 2016. This is purely because of the incompetence of the NFF and it seems they still want to repeat same mistake again.
After the 2015 world cup, Olympic qualifiers was just around the corner but what the then NFF did was to sack the Super Falcons coach and employed a new one who came and messed up the qualifiers and we missed out.
They repeated same thing after the 2019 women world cup and we ended up not qualifying for the 2020 Olympics.
Now, with all indications, they’re about to repeat same pattern if they carry out their selfish threat of sacking Waldrum with the Olympic qualifiers just around the corner.
I think if this happens, Nigerians must hold the NFF accountable.
@greenturf, really hope nff didn’t ruin things. See what has become of D’Tigers now after Dare’s insane interference in the sport.
Just for the record, Florida State Seminoles is NOT an American “club”. Rather, ‘Seminoles’ is the nickname for the athletic teams (including the female soccer team) of Florida State UNIVERSITY.