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Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie OON is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women's Super League and the Nigeria women's national team. Nnadozie was named African best female goalkeeper of the year three times in a row in 2023, 2024 and 2025, making her the first player to achieve this. She was also ranked fourth at the 2025 Yashin Trophy and has been regarded as one of the best female footballers in the world by The Guardian.

Club career
Rivers Angels FC At the start of the 2016 season Nnadozie signed for Rivers Angels a top flight Nigerian professional football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria. In 2019 Nnadozie was instrumental for Rivers Angels 2019–2020 Season NWPL league win. Paris FC On 22 January 2020 she signed for the French side Paris FC on 18-month deal. Arriving at Paris FC from River Angels FC, Chiamaka Nnadozie immediately became a key part of the team. Named Arkema Premier League's best goalkeeper in 2023–24 Division 1 Féminine, she left Paris FC after a magnificent victory in the Coupe de France, in which she played a key role. She made 16 European appearances for Paris FC between 2022 and 2025. ==International career==
International career
During the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Nnadozie played all four matches. Against Haiti she received the "Dare to Shine" Player of the Match award for her good performance. Not much after the U-20 Tournament she was also selected for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations where she stayed on the bench for all five matches, then at the 2019 Women WAFU Cup she was in goal for the Super Falcons spectacular performance. At age 19, Nnadozie was named to the senior national team (commonly known as the Super Falcons) to compete at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. As Nigeria's starting goalkeeper in the team's 2–0 victory over Korea, Nnadozie became the youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet at the World Cup. After the World Cup, Nnadozie again helped the Falconets to gold medal at the African Games in Morocco saving three penalties in the shootout against Cameroon. On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. In the first game of the Women's World Cup against Olympic champions Canada, Nnadozie was the captain for the Super Falcons. She made three saves, including stopping a 50th-minute penalty from Christine Sinclair. Her performances in the game secured a goalless draw for the Super Falcons, earned herself a Player of the Match award and garnered international attention. Nnadozie was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. On 20 June 2025, Nnadozie was named in the final Nigeria squad for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations WAFCON, taking place from 5 to 27 July 2025. Placed in Group B their matches are against Tunisia, Botswana and Algeria. She was part of the Nigerian women national team squad that won the 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations and was the best goal keeper of the tournament. Subsequently, she was awarded the national honour Officer of the Order of the Niger. == Career statistics ==
Honours
Rivers AngelsNigerian Women's Championship: 2016 • Nigerian Women's Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018 NigeriaWomen's Africa Cup of Nations: 2018, 2024African Games: 2019CAF Goalkeeper of the Year (Women): 2023, 2024 2025 • : 2022, 2023, 2024 • UNFP Première Ligue team of the year: 2023–24 • LFFP Première Ligue team of the season: 2023–24 • Ranked fourth place in the 2025 women's Yashin TrophyThe Guardian 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 • Women's Super League Save of the Month: November 2025 Orders • Officer of the Order of the Niger ==References==
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