JUST IN: Ex-Super Falcons striker Ifeanyi Chiejine dies at 36
Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine, former Super Falcons player, has died after a brief illness, said the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday.
The country’s football federation took to its Twitter page to announce the sad news.
We are sad to announce the sudden demise of former Super Falcons player Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine who passed on after a brief illness on Wednesday, 21st August 2019. Ifeanyi captained the first set of the U19 National Women’s team to the first U19 (Now U20) @FIFAWWC in 2002,” it wrote.
“Rest in peace, Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine.”
The talented footballer played 61 games for Nigeria’s senior women’s team between 1999 and 2008. (NAN)