Iniabasi Umotong
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Ini-Abasi Umotong playing for Portsmouth in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ini-Abasi Anefiok Umotong[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1994 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Calabar, Nigeria | ||
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| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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Current team
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Portsmouth | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Birmingham City Reserves[3] | |||
| 2011–2012[4] | Aston Villa | ||
| 2012–2013 | Wright State Raiders | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Portsmouth | 25 | (29[5]) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Nigeria | 1[6] | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:21, 30 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:10, 17 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Ini-Abasi Anefiok Umotong (born 15 May 1994) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a forward[7] for Portsmouth FC Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division and the Nigeria senior women's national team.
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Early Life
Born in Calabar, Nigeria, Umotong alongside her family moved to Birmingham, England when she was one year old. She is the youngest of six siblings born to Ben Anefiok and Grace Umotong. She began playing football at the age of five and it was in Primary school she got scouted by Birmingham City, Centre of Excellence in 2003.
International career
She earned her first call up to the Super Falcons in February, 2015 when coach Edwin Okon invited 36 players to camp to prepare for the 11th All-Africa Games qualifiers, 2016 Olympic Games qualifiers and the 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals.[8] The Economics and Actuarial Science undergraduate at the University of Southampton had to skip the first two weeks of the camp in Abuja due to her studies.[9]
On arrival after two weeks, promising Umotong got her first taste of action almost immediately as a late substitute in a warm-up 1-1 draw against a male academy team,[10] showing true dedication in her quest to make the team for Canada 2015. She followed it up with a goal when she came on for 20 minutes in another tune-up match against Nigeria Women Premier League side, Confluence Queens,[11] before becoming the first Portsmouth player to feature in a full international after making her 33-minute debut for Nigeria in the first leg of their All-Africa Games qualifier against Mali in Bamako.[6] She was eventually named in the 23-player list for the World Cup in Canada[12] but did not feature in any of Nigeria's three group matches as the African Champions failed to progress to the knockout stage.
Club career
Umotong's phenomenal first season (2014/15) at Portsmouth has opened the path for her international career, after her goal scoring exploits led the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division side to win their seventh successive Hampshire County Cup[13] and the league title, while narrowly missing out on promotion to the FA Women's Super League 2. With 29 goals in 25 league and cup matches, Umotong emerged top goal scorer for Pompey.
Honours
Club
- FA Women's Premier League Southern Division (1): 2015[14]
- Hampshire County Cup (1): 2015[15]
References
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External links
- Iniabasi Umotong – FIFA competition record
- Profile at Portsmouth FC
- Iniabasi Umotong at Soccerway
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