Chiamaka Okwuchukwu

Chiamaka Cristabel Okwuchukwu (born 7 August 2005) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. She has represented Nigeria at the youth international level. Club career She was born on the 7th of August, 2005, as the seventh of eight children growing up in the town of Njaba. She has played for seven-time NWFL Premiership champions Rivers Angels. She scored her first NWSL goal less than two minutes into her debut, which occurred in a 2–1 defeat to the Orlando Pride on 29 March 2025. Okwuchukwu earned her first start with the Wave in the following game, a 2–0 defeat to the Kansas City Current. She made one more appearance with the Wave in 2025 before a leg injury forced her to miss the remainder of the season. At the end of the year, Okwuchukwu departed from San Diego upon the expiration of her contract.

International career

Okwuchukwu played in all four games (two starts) for Nigeria at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at age 16, helping them top their group before falling to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Nigeria finished second in their group and lost to eventual finalists Japan in the first knockout round. For her performance, Okwuchukwu was one of three finalists for CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year in 2024, losing to Morocco's Doha El Madani.