Francisca Ordega

Nigerian footballer
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Francisca Ordega is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Women's Football Championship.

Ordega represented the Nigeria women's national football team in all levels. With the under 17, she played the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and with the under 20 at 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior level she played in the FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments of 2011, 2015 and 2019. At the latter she opened her World Cup account by scoring Nigeria's equalizing goal against Sweden on 8 June 2015 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The pulsating match ended 3–3 in the opening game of Group D.

She was also part of Nigeria's squads at the African Women's Championship of 2010 and 2014, winning both tournaments.

In 2018, She was also a member of the Nigerian squad who won the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations in Ghana, A tournament where she had two goals and two assists and won the woman of the match award at the final game against South Africa. She was part of the Super Falcons squad that won the 2021 Turkish Women's Cup in Antalya, Turkey in February and thereby becoming the first African team to win the invitational tournament.

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

Date of Birth19th October 1993
Age31 Years
Zodiac SignLibra
CountryNigeria
Current CityGboko
LanguageNigerian Pidgin
Height160
Hair ColorBlack Hair
Eye ColorDark Brown