Favour Emmanuel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Favour Chinagorom Emmanuel | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Abia Angels | |||
| 2022–2023 | Bayelsa Queens | ||
| 2024 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 22 | (1) |
| 2025 | San Diego Wave | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Nigeria U17 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2025 | |||
Favour Chinagorom Emmanuel (born 7 September 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who most recently played as a defensive midfielder for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Club career
[edit]Born in Port Harcourt, Emmanuel played for the Abia Angels[2] before joining the Bayelsa Queens in 2022, helping win the NWFL Premiership in her first season. She also made five starts during the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League as they came in third place.[3][4]
Lokomotiv Moscow announced Emmanuel's signing on 27 December 2023.[5] In the 2024 season, she appeared in all 22 league games (19 starts) and scored one goal as Lokomotiv finished fourth in the Russian Women's Football Championship.[4] She also helped win the 2024 Russian Women's Cup, scoring three goals in four games.[3][6] She was named the club's Player of the Month in April and June.[3]
On 20 January 2025, the NWSL's San Diego Wave FC announced that they had signed Emmanuel to a two-year contract, with a club option for an additional year.[3] She joined Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, signed the week before, as the second Nigerian player on the team.[7] Emmanuel made only two appearances, one as a starter (a 2–0 loss to the Kansas City Current), before San Diego announced a mutual contract termination on 29 May 2025 so that the player could return to Nigeria.[8][9]
International career
[edit]Emmanuel was called up to the Nigeria youth national team at the under-17 and under-20 levels.[2][10]
Honors and awards
[edit]Bayelsa Queens
Lokomotiv Moscow
References
[edit]- ^ "Favour Emmanuel - San Diego Wave Fútbol Club". sandiegowavefc.com. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Flamingoes leave for Ethiopia". The Punch. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d "San Diego Wave FC Signs Nigerian Midfielder Favour Emmanuel". San Diego Wave FC. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ a b Favour Emmanuel at Soccerway
- ^ "Фэйвор Эммануэль – новая футболистка «Локомотива»" (in Russian). WFC Lokomotiv Moscow. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Winline Кубок России по футболу среди женских команд 2024 года". Russian Football Union. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ Finley, Ryan (20 January 2025). "Wave sign 3 to contracts, including longtime Angel City FC goalkeeper". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ Grueskin, Birgen (13 April 2025). "San Diego Wave FC Falls 2-0 to Kansas City Current at Snapdragon Stadium". San Diego Wave FC. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "San Diego Wave FC and Midfielder Favour Emmanuel Agree to Mutual Contract Termination". San Diego Wave FC. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "U20 Women's World Cup: Omewa makes Nigeria's 30-woman provisional squad". Sport News Africa. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Favour Emmanuel at Soccerway.com
- Favour Emmanuel at FBref.com
- Favour Emmanuel at kicker (in German)
- Living people
- 2002 births
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
- Footballers from Port Harcourt
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Bayelsa Queens F.C. players
- NWFL Premiership players
- WFC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- Russian Women's Football Championship players
- San Diego Wave FC players
- National Women's Soccer League players