Ulunma Jerome
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 April 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Mbieri, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Rivers Angels | ||
| 2010–2011 | Piteå | 26 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ulunma Jerome (born 11 April 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender.[1] She has also made several appearances for the Nigeria national team.[2]
Club career
[edit]Ulunma was born in Mbieri, Nigeria. She competed in the 2008 summer Olympics games with the Nigeria team as a defender.[3]
In the year 02/2011 to 12/2011 she played with the Pitea IF as a defender, likewise from 07/2007 to 01/2011 she played with the Rivers Angels still as a defender.[4]
Her debut was in the Damallsvenskan on 13 April 2011 against Linköping.
International career
[edit]Ulunma participated in the FIFA league world cup, in the FIFA league olympics games and also in the FIFA league friendlies.[4]
Women's Soccer Africa: 2011 FIFA WWC[5] - Ulumma has come of age and would be best remembered for her defence splitting pass to Perpetua Nkwocha that resulted in Nigeria’s opening goal against Equatorial Guinea in the final of the Africa Women Championship last year in South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nigeria omit Akide". 31 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "Falcons Dismiss Banyana". Vanguard. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Ulunma Jerome".
- ^ a b "Ulunma Jerome". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Final 2007".
External links
[edit]- Ulunma Jerome – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at Sports-reference.com
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Damallsvenskan players
- Rivers Angels F.C. players
- Piteå IF (women) players
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- 2010 African Women's Championship players
- 2008 African Women's Championship players
- Nigeria women's under-20 international footballers
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs