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Favour Emmanuel
Personal information
Full name Favour Chinagorom Emmanuel
Date of birth (2002-09-07) 7 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 San Diego Wave
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Abia Angels
2022–2023 Bayelsa Queens
2024 Lokomotiv Moscow 22 (1)
2025– San Diego Wave 0 (0)
International career
Nigeria U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Favour Chinagorom Emmanuel (born 7 September 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Club career

Born in Port Harcourt, Emmanuel played for the Abia Angels[1] before joining the Bayelsa Queens in 2022, helping win the NWFL Premiership in her first season. She also made five starts during the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League as they came in third place.[2][3]

Lokomotiv Moscow

Emmanuel went overseas to Russia in 2024, joining Lokomotiv Moscow who announced her signing on 27 December 2023.[4] In the 2024 season, she appeared in all 22 league games (19 starts) and scored one goal as Lokomotiv finished fourth in the Russian Women's Football Championship.[3] She also helped win the 2024 Russian Women's Cup, scoring three goals in four games.[2][5] She was named the club's Player of the Month in April and June.[2]

San Diego Wave

On 20 January 2025, the NWSL's San Diego Wave FC announced that they had signed Emmanuel to a two-year contract, with a club option for an additional year.[2] She joined Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, signed the week before, as the second Nigerian player on the team.[6] Emmanuel made her NWSL debut on 12 April 2025, starting in a 2–0 loss to the Kansas City Current.[7]

International career

Emmanuel was called up to the Nigeria youth national team at the under-17 and under-20 levels.[1][8]

Honors and awards

Bayelsa Queens

Lokomotiv Moscow

References

  1. ^ a b "Flamingoes leave for Ethiopia". The Punch. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "San Diego Wave FC Signs Nigerian Midfielder Favour Emmanuel". San Diego Wave FC. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b Favour Emmanuel at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Фэйвор Эммануэль – новая футболистка «Локомотива»" (in Russian). WFC Lokomotiv Moscow. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Winline Кубок России по футболу среди женских команд 2024 года". Russian Football Union. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  6. ^ Finley, Ryan (20 January 2025). "Wave sign 3 to contracts, including longtime Angel City FC goalkeeper". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  7. ^ Grueskin, Birgen (13 April 2025). "San Diego Wave FC Falls 2-0 to Kansas City Current at Snapdragon Stadium". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  8. ^ "U20 Women's World Cup: Omewa makes Nigeria's 30-woman provisional squad". Sport News Africa. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2025.