Alaba Jonathan
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alaba Jonathan
| image = Alaba Jonathan 2010 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jonathan at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
| fullname = Alaba Jonathan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|6|1}}
| birth_place = Calabar, Nigeria
| height = 167 cm
| currentclub = Pelican Stars
| clubnumber = 16
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Pelican Stars
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| clubs2 = Bayelsa Queens
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-20
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| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam2 = Nigeria
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Alaba Jonathan (born 1 June 1992 Calabar, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pelican Stars.
Career
= Development =
Alaba Jonathan began her career in the youth of the Navy Angels. After she failed to qualify for the senior team of the Navy Angels, she moved to the Pelican Stars in spring 2010 where she remains under contract.{{cite web|url=http://futbalgalore.blogspot.com/2013/08/pelican-stars-upset-form-books-to.html|title=Futball Galore Media: Pelican Stars upset form books to qualify at the expense of Delta Queens|last=Unknown|date=2 August 2013|publisher=}}
= National team =
Jonathan is a member of Nigeria's national team and has played at least once for the team.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=302087/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701135837/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=302087/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2011|title=FIFA Women's World Cup: Alaba JONATHAN – Profile|publisher=}} Jonathan represented her home country as a third goalkeeper at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.nwzonline.de/der-wm-kader-von-nigeria_a_1,0,671073483.html|title=Der WM-Kader von Nigeria|last=Nordwest-Zeitung|date=17 June 2011|website=www.nwzonline.de|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601080453/https://www.nwzonline.de/der-wm-kader-von-nigeria_a_1,0,671073483.html|url-status=dead}} Previously in 2010, she participated in the U-20 World Cup for the Nigeria U-20's.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/U-20-WNT/2010/07/US-U20-WNT-Ready-To-Take-On-Nigeria-In-Quarterfinals-of-2010-FIFA-U20-Womens-World-Cup.aspx?print=true |title=U.S. U-20 WNT Ready To Take On Nigeria In Quarterfinals of 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |access-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524095630/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/U-20-WNT/2010/07/US-U20-WNT-Ready-To-Take-On-Nigeria-In-Quarterfinals-of-2010-FIFA-U20-Womens-World-Cup.aspx?print=true |archive-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
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- {{FIFA_player|302087}}
{{Nigeria squad 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Nigeria squad 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations}}
{{Nigeria squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
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Category:Nigerian women's footballers
Category:2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Nigeria women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Bayelsa Queens F.C. players
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
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