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ShirtBankole Olowookere (since 2022)TBC

Grupo D · U17 Women's World Cup

2025/26
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
5
Goals for
5
Goals against
3
Points
Goals scored per match · 12 of 24 in the competitionGoals1.25Shots on target per match · 7 of 24 in the competitionShots on target6.75Goals per 100 shots · 20 of 24 in the competitionConversion8%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 13 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets25%Average share of the ball · 10 of 24 in the competitionPossession53%Duels won over duels contested · 21 of 24 in the competitionDuels won46%

Compared with the 24 teams in U17 Women's World Cup in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.2512.º
Shots on target6.757.º
Conversion8%20.º
Clean sheets25%13.º
Possession53%10.º
Duels won46%21.º

Grupo A · U17 Women's World Cup

2024/25
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
9
Goals for
1
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 3 of 16 in the competitionGoals2.25Shots on target per match · 1 of 16 in the competitionShots on target9.75Goals per 100 shots · 9 of 16 in the competitionConversion10%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 5 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets50%Average share of the ball · 4 of 16 in the competitionPossession60%Duels won over duels contested · 3 of 16 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 16 teams in U17 Women's World Cup in 2024/25.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.253.º
Shots on target9.751.º
Conversion10%9.º
Clean sheets50%5.º
Possession60%4.º
Duels won52%3.º

Grupo B · U17 Women's World Cup

2022/23
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
7
Goals for
3
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.83Shots on target per match · 4 of 16 in the competitionShots on target7.50Goals per 100 shots · 6 of 15 in the competitionConversion13%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 6 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets33%Average share of the ball · 9 of 16 in the competitionPossession50%Duels won over duels contested · 5 of 16 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 16 teams in U17 Women's World Cup in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.834.º
Shots on target7.504.º
Conversion13%6.º
Clean sheets33%6.º
Possession50%9.º
Duels won52%5.º

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
21Elizabeth BonifaceGoalkeeperNigeria181.70 m60 kg-2024
16Sylvia EchefuGoalkeeperNigeria161.70 m60 kg-2024
21Onyinyechi OparaGoalkeeperNigeria16---2025

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
6Jumai AdebayoDefenderNigeria181.68 m60 kg-2024
4Hannah IbrahimDefenderNigeria181.68 m58 kg-2024
20Fatimoh ShuaibDefenderNigeria16---2025
5Christiana SundayDefenderNigeria17---2025
17Nosat TijaniDefenderNigeria17---2025

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
10Memunat AbubakarMidfielderNigeria15---2025
12Queen JosephMidfielderNigeria16---2025
12Shakirat MoshoodMidfielderNigeria181.68 m57 kg-2026
2Azeezat OduntanMidfielderNigeria17---2025
20Ayomide RotimiMidfielderNigeria171.67 m58 kg-2024
3Waliat RotimiMidfielderNigeria17---2025

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
15Shavih IstifanusForwardNigeria17---2025
19Ugomma NkwochaForwardNigeria16---2025
13Chisom NwachukwuForwardNigeria18---2025
14Kaosarat OlanrewajuForwardNigeria17---2025
18Zainab RajiForwardNigeria16---2025
7Nguemo TerlumunForwardNigeria16---2025
9Mariam YahayaForwardNigeria16---2025