Super Falcons forward Ifeoma Onumonu has announced her retirement from professional football, drawing the curtain on a career that spanned over a decade across the United States, France, and Nigeria.
The 31-year-old announced in a statement posted on Instagram in the early hours of Saturday. She expressed gratitude for her football journey, describing her decision to retire as a "natural conclusion" to a lifelong pursuit that began when she was just eight years old.
"It is with a heart full of gratitude that I bid farewell to my playing career on the pitch," Onumonu wrote, reflecting on her early years with a youth team called Magic in the United States.