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Una Obiose Kriston Nwajei (born 7 March 1977) is a former footballer. She played as a striker for Amazon Grimstad. Born in Nigeria, she represented England at international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Una Obiose Kriston Nwajei | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1999 | Truro City Ladies | ||
| 1999–2002 | Southampton Saints | ||
| 2002–2003 | Fulham Ladies | ||
| 2004–2008 | Amazon Grimstad | ||
| 2009 | Team Strømmen | 22 | (14) |
| 2010–2011 | Amazon Grimstad | 27 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | England | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 14 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:12, 14 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Nwajei began playing for Southampton Saints in the FA Women's Premier League National Division while attending Southampton Institute.[1] Her form won her an international call-up and a professional contract with Fulham early in the 2002–03 season. When Fulham won the treble that season then reverted to semi-pro status, Nwajei followed teammate Margunn Haugenes to Norwegian club Amazon Grimstad.[2]
She remained at Amazon Grimstad thereafter, except for a season at Team Strømmen (now called LSK Kvinner) in 2009.[3] She was Strømmen's top goalscorer with 13 goals.[4]
Nwajei was called up by England in January 2002.[5] She made her debut on 1 March 2002 in a 3–1 Algarve Cup defeat by Norway.[6]
She was allotted 142 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[7][8]
Nwajei learnt to play football during her childhood in Nigeria.[1] She graduated with a 2:1 in Business and IT from Southampton Institute in 2002.[1]
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