Nkem Ezurike | |
Fullname: | Nkemjika Natalie Ezurike |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1992 |
Birth Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Position: | Forward |
Collegeyears1: | 2010–2013 |
College1: | Michigan Wolverines |
Years1: | 2012–2013 |
Years2: | 2014–2015 |
Caps2: | 23 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 2016 |
Clubs3: | Vittsjö GIK[1] |
Caps3: | 18 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2017 |
Clubs4: | Mallbackens IF |
Caps4: | 25 |
Goals4: | 7 |
Years5: | 2019– |
Clubs5: | ASA Tel Aviv |
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 |
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.
Ezurike was born in Halifax, Nova scotia, and attended Sackville High School in Lower Sackville.[2]
Ezurike attended the University of Michigan where she played for the Wolverines from 2010 to 2013.[3]
In 2012 and 2013, she played with the Laval Comets in the USL W-League.[4] [5]
Ezurike was selected eighth overall by the Boston Breakers in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and later signed with the team.[6] [7]
On January 14, 2016 she signed with Vittsjö GIK in the Damallsvenskan.[8]
Ezurike signed with Mallbackens IF for the 2017 season.[9]
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.[10]