Nigeria’s unstoppable leading striker, 16 year old Oluebube Umejiaku who plays for Heartland Queens FC of Owerri was Saturday crowned the Best Player of the 12th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco.
Umejiaku was the centre of victory for Nigeria in all the matches the country played at the mundial. Her award was presented by the CAF President, Patrice Motsepe at the award ceremonies after the grand finale of the tournament in Rabat, Morocco.
Maddie Dimaria of USA won the Golden Boot for Highest scorer with 12 goals; Diz Mercedes of Argentina won the Silver Boot with 6 goals and Ju Jong-Hyang won the Bronze Boot with 5 goals.
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Nigeria bagged the Gold medal for their first title after beating Japan 2-1 and were the first African country to win the title. Japan bagged the Silver as runners-up. Former four times world champions and defending champions, North Korea took the Bronze having bashed Brazil 6-0 at the 3rd place match earlier in the day.
The victorious team girls on arrival in Nigeria on Tuesday would be driven in a convoy to Nigeria’s Seat of Power, Aso Villa to present the trophy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
