Arsenal Ladies Sign Nigeria’s Ubogagu

English club Arsenal Ladies have confirmed the signing of striker Chioma Ubogagu, who has Nigerian roots.
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Ubogagu, born in London and raised in Texas from the age of three, joins the North London club from Stanford University in the USA.
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“Arsenal Ladies have completed the signing of forward Chioma Ubogagu from Stanford University in the United States,” Arsenal announced on Thursday.
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The striker is heading to London with a reputation that has seen her score 27 goals in 89 appearances for Stanford University. She also weighed in with 37 assists in her four-year spell for the university.
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Arsenal Ladies manager Pedro Martinez Losa has described his new acquisition as a “fantastic talent” and “very creative” in front of goal.
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Losa believes that Ubogagu will have no problems fitting into the Arsenal Ladies squad.
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“Chioma is a player I have known about from my time coaching in the United States and she is a fantastic talent. She is very creative, and is able to make goals as well as score them. I think that she will fit in very well with us,” Losa said.
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Ubogagu has represented the USA at under-20 level. She was part of the USA women’s under-20s that won the 2012 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
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Only few days ago, Nigerian woman international and current African Woman Footballer of the Year Asisat Oshoala joined Liverpool Ladies.