Precious Dede
Precious Uzoaru Dede (born 18 January 1980) is a Nigerian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the women's national football team. She formerly played for several clubs, including Delta Queens FC, Ibom Queens and Arna-Bjørnar, as well as appearing 99 times for the Nigeria women's national football team.
Also recorded as Precious Uzoaru Dede
Precious Dede
- Name
- Precious Dede
- Born
- 18 January 1980
- Birthplace
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- actress · association football player
- Languages
- English · Nigerian Pidgin
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Precious Uzoaru Dede (born 18 January 1980) is a Nigerian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the women's national football team. She formerly played for several clubs, including Delta Queens FC, Ibom Queens and Arna-Bjørnar, as well as appearing 99 times for the Nigeria women's national football team.
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Key facts
• Name — Precious Dede • Fullname — Precious Uzoaru Dede • Born — 18 January 1980 • Birthplace — Lagos, Nigeria • Height — 1.70m • Position — Goalkeeper • Years1 —????-2008 • Clubs1 — Delta Queens • Years2 — 2009 • Clubs2 — Arna-Bjørnar • Caps2 — 16 • Goals2 — 0 • Years3 — 2010 • Clubs3 — Delta Queens • Years4 — 2012 • Clubs4 — Rivers Angels • Years5 — 2013 • Clubs5 — Bayelsa Queens • Nationalyears1 — 2003–2016 • Nationalteam1 — Nigeria • Nationalcaps1 — 99 • Nationalgoals1 — 0 • Pcupdate — 11:33, 29 June 2015 (UTC) • Ntupdate — 15:46, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
Club career
Club career
On 30 March 2009 Dede signed a one-year contract to play for Arna-Bjørnar in Bergen, Norway. She had been brought in following an injury to fellow goalkeeper Erika Skarbø.
International career
International career
Dede has been in many Nigerian squads over the years, including the Women's World Cup tournaments of 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, the Olympic tournaments of Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and the African Women's Championship tournaments of 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, winning it twice (2010, 2014).
Retirement
Retirement
She had initially considered retiring from international football following the 2014 African Women's Championship, but was convinced to continue playing through the 2015 World Cup. Following the tournament, she announced her retirement in March 2016, having played 99 games for the senior national team. At the time of her retirement, she had been the longest serving player for the squad, and had recently been dropped from the team for the qualification tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She decided to fully retire from professional football in October that year, saying "I cherish the opportunity to play at club level and represent my country, it was a dream come true. I am very grateful to have spent over a decade in female football, I owe so much to the best game in the world."
International
International
• Nigeria • African Women's Championship (2): 2010, 2014
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Precious Uzoaru Dede. Her recorded languages were English and Nigerian Pidgin.
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- 1.List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. FIFA.
- 2.FIFA.com. Profile.
- 3.Ellinsen, Roy. Nigerianer til Arna-Bjørnar. Aftenposten. 31 March 2009.
- 4.Adewuyi, Lolade. Precious Dede to lead Nigeria at Women's World Cup. Goal.com. 14 June 2011.
- 5.FIFA. FIFA player's stats.
- 6.Nigerian Watch. New Super Falcons interim coach Danjuma drops veteran goalkeeper Precious Dede.
- 7.Nwachukwu, John Owen. Falcons goalkeeper, Precious Dede retires from football. Daily Post. 28 March 2016.
- 8.Tobi, Adepoju. Precious Dede retires from Professional football. Naija Football Plus. 26 October 2016.
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