Nkem Ezurike

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| name = Nkem Ezurike

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| fullname = Nkemjika Natalie Ezurike

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|19}}

| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| collegeyears1 = 2010–2013

| college1 = Michigan Wolverines

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| years1 = 2012–2013

| clubs1 = Laval Comets

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| years2 = 2014–2015

| clubs2 = Boston Breakers

| caps2 = 23

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2016

| clubs3 = Vittsjö GIK{{cite web | url=http://www.nsk.se/2016/01/13/vittsjo-varvar-kanadensisk-forward/ | title=Vittsjö värvar kanadensisk forward | date=January 13, 2016 | last=Höghäll | first=Marika | work=Norra Skåne | language=Swedish | accessdate=May 11, 2016}}

| caps3 = 18

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2017

| clubs4 = Mallbackens IF

| caps4 = 25

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2019–

| clubs5 = ASA Tel Aviv

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| nationalyears1 = 2008

| nationalteam1 = Canada U-17

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2012

| nationalteam2 = Canada U-20

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| nationalyears3 = 2014–2015

| nationalteam3 = Canada

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = December 28, 2017

| ntupdate = January 14, 2015

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Nkemjika Natalie Ezurike (born March 19, 1992) is a Canadian soccer player. She has played as a forward for the Canada women's national soccer team and Israeli club ASA Tel Aviv.

Early life

Ezurike was born in Halifax, Nova scotia, and attended Sackville High School in Lower Sackville.{{cite web|title=Nkem Ezurike|url=http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/nkemezurike/index_E.html|publisher=Boston Breakers|accessdate=January 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122230126/http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/nkemezurike/index_E.html|archive-date=January 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}

=University of Michigan=

Ezurike attended the University of Michigan where she played for the Wolverines from 2010 to 2013.{{cite web|title=Nkem Ezurike|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/nkem-ezurike/10559|publisher=University of Michigan|accessdate=January 15, 2015}}

Club career

In 2012 and 2013, she played with the Laval Comets in the USL W-League.{{cite web | url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/pali-blues-claim-w-league-championship_aid29115 | title=Pali Blues Claim W-League Championship | College Soccer }}{{cite web | url=https://mgoblue.com/news/2012/7/24/Ezurike_Earns_USL_W_League_All_Conference_Honor.aspx | title=Ezurike Earns USL W-League All-Conference Honor }}

Ezurike was selected eighth overall by the Boston Breakers in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and later signed with the team.{{cite web|title=Breakers Pick Six, Add Attacking Depth During 2014 NWSL College Draft|url=http://www.thebentmusket.com/2014/1/18/5320620/Boston-Breakers-select-six-2014-nwsl-college-draft|publisher=SB Nation|accessdate=January 15, 2015|date=January 18, 2014|archive-date=February 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213230156/http://www.thebentmusket.com/2014/1/18/5320620/Boston-Breakers-select-six-2014-nwsl-college-draft|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Breakers Sign Canadian Nkem Ezurike|url=http://www.nwslsoccer.com/home/797588.html|publisher=National Women's Soccer League|accessdate=January 15, 2015|date=March 27, 2014|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120518/http://www.nwslsoccer.com/home/797588.html|url-status=dead}}

On January 14, 2016 she signed with Vittsjö GIK in the Damallsvenskan.{{cite web|url=https://www.vavel.com/en/international-football/2016/01/14/590686-vittsjo-gik-sign-nkem-ezurike-from-boston-breakers.html|title=Vittsjö GIK sign Nkem Ezurike from Boston Breakers|accessdate=July 17, 2018|date=January 14, 2016}}

Ezurike signed with Mallbackens IF for the 2017 season.{{cite web|url=https://nwt.se/sport/fotboll/folj_mallbacken/2017/01/09/mallbacken-varvar-landslagsforward|title=Mallbacken värvar landslagsforward|accessdate=July 17, 2018|date=January 9, 2017|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055241/https://nwt.se/sport/fotboll/folj_mallbacken/2017/01/09/mallbacken-varvar-landslagsforward|url-status=dead}}

International career

Ezurike made her debut for the Canada women's national soccer team in 2014. She was named to Canada's squad for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/news/breakers-forward-nkem-ezurike-named-to-canada-s-roster-for-pan-american-games|title=Breakers Forward Nkem Ezurike Named to Canada's Roster for Pan American Games |accessdate=July 17, 2018|date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055340/http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/news/breakers-forward-nkem-ezurike-named-to-canada-s-roster-for-pan-american-games|url-status=dead}}

Honours

;Canada U-20

Runner-up

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2012

References

External links

{{Canada Soccer player|1094}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150122230126/http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/nkemezurike/index_E.html Boston Breakers player profile]
[http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/nkem_ezurike_709562.html Michigan player profile]
{{soccerway|nkemjika-natalie-ezurike/229117}}

Category:1992 births

Category:Living people

Category:Soccer players from Halifax, Nova Scotia

Category:Canadian women's soccer players

Category:Women's association football forwards

Category:Canada women's international soccer players

Category:Canadian expatriate women's soccer players

Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States

Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden

Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Category:Michigan Wolverines women's soccer players

Category:Boston Breakers draft picks