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Jennifer Echegini
Nigerian footballer (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jennifer Onyinyechi Echegini OON (born 22 March 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain. Born in the Netherlands, she represents Nigeria at international level.
Echegini played collegiately for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Florida State Seminoles. In 2023, she led the Seminoles to the NCAA championship and won the Hermann Trophy as the best player in college soccer. She turned professional with Juventus before moving to Paris Saint-Germain.
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Early life and college career
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Echegini was born in the Netherlands to Nigerian parents. Her family moved to England when she was 11.[2] She spent her youth career at SCE Nijmegen, Charlton Athletic, Millwall and Arsenal.[2]
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Echegini was recruited by incoming head coach James Armstrong to play collegiately for the Bulldogs soccer team at Mississippi State University in 2019.[3] She spent three seasons there, scoring 11 goals with 6 assists in 42 games.[4] In 2022, she transferred to Florida State University to play for the Seminoles soccer team under Brian Pensky, who had tried to recruit her previously.[5] In her first season for the defending national champions, she had 11 goals and 6 assists in 21 games and earned second-team All-ACC honors. She had two goals and three assists during the NCAA tournament, including a goal and an assist in their 3–2 loss to North Carolina in the semifinals.[6]
Florida State Seminoles
In the 2023 season, Echegini led the ACC with 16 goals and had 5 assists in 23 games for the Seminoles. She was the MVP of the ACC tournament, bracing in a 2–1 final victory over Clemson. She recorded three goals and two assists during the NCAA tournament, including one of each in a 5–1 final victory against Stanford, concluding Florida State's undefeated season. She was highly decorated for the season, receiving first-team All-ACC and first-team All-American honors, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, the Honda Sports Award, and the Hermann Trophy, which is given to the most outstanding college soccer player of the season.[6]
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Club career
Juventus
On 4 January 2024, Echegini signed with Italian club Juventus on a multi-year contract through June 2026.[7] She scored 10 goals from 16 matches before leaving the club in July 2024.[8]
Paris Saint-Germain
On 10 July 2024, Echegini joined French club Paris Saint-Germain on a three-year contract until June 2027.[9][10]
International career
Echegini scored her first international goal for Nigeria on 11 April 2023 in a 3–0 win against New Zealand.[11]
On 16 June 2023, Echegini was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12] She was a member of the Nigerian Super Falcons squad that reached the round of 16 in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Echegini was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13]
On June 20, 2025, Echegini was included in Nigeria's squad for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.[14] At the tournament, she scored the winning goal in the final against Morocco after sweeping home a free kick from Esther Okoronkwo;[15] the goal ultimately helping the Super Falcons win a record-extending 10th title.
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Echegini goal.
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Honours
Florida State Seminoles
Nigeria
Individual
- NCAA Division I First-Team All-America: 2023
- Hermann Trophy: 2023
- Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year: 2023
- Officer of the Order of the Niger
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