Michelle Alozie

Michelle Chinwendu Alozie (born 28 April 1997) is a Nigerian-American professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she plays for the Nigeria national team.

Early life Alozie was born in La Jolla, California, She suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her senior season. Alozie transferred as a graduate to the University of Tennessee to continue playing for the Tennessee Volunteers. She trained with the team for three months before COVID-19 ended the season, and she returned to California.

Chicago Stars On 23 December 2025, the Dash announced that they had traded Alozie to the Chicago Stars in exchange for $40,000 in NWSL allocation money.

International career Alozie made her international debut for Nigeria on 10 June 2021 as a 65th-minute substitution in a 0–1 friendly loss to Jamaica. The game was part of the 2021 US Summer Series taking place in Houston where Alozie was training with the Dash. She was named to Nigeria's roster by national team manager Randy Waldrum after one training session with the team the day prior. In Nigeria's second game of the series against Portugal, Alozie scored her first goal for Nigeria in an enthralling 3-3 draw.

On 16 June 2023, Alozie was named to the 23-player Nigerian squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. She played every minute of the tournament for the Super Falcons with Nigeria eventually losing to England on penalties after a 0–0 draw in the Round of 16. In the 87th minute of that game, Alozie was involved in an infamous incident that went viral. She had successfully won the ball off England forward Lauren James but was fouled and stamped on by James, who was subsequently sent off for violent conduct after a VAR intervention, receiving a two-game ban.

In December 2023, Alozie was named to the CAF Women's Africa Best XI as one of the world's best African players.

Alozie was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

She was part of the Nigerian women national team squad that won the 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations and was awarded the national honour Officer of the Order of the Niger, one hundred thousand dollars and a three-bedroom apartments at the renewed hope estate in Abuja

Off-field medical career Alozie obtained a Bachelors Degree in Molecular Biology from Yale University. She works part-time as a cancer research technician at the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Personal life In 2024, Alozie appeared in the first season of The Offseason, a reality television series following a group of NWSL players training before the new season.

Honours Nigeria Women's Africa Cup of Nations: 2024 Individual Women's Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2024 CAF Team of the Year Women's XI: 2023, 2024 Orders