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| Full name | Cynthia Uwak | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1986-07-15)15 July 1986 (age 39) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Åland United | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | KMF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | FC United | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Falköpings KIK | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | FC United | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Lyon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | KMF | 12 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 42 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | PK-35 Vantaa | 29 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Åland United | 32 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Nigeria U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004– | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cynthia Uwaklistenⓘ (born 15 July 1986 inAkwa Ibom State) is a Nigerianfootball striker who most recently played forÅland United in theNaisten Liiga in Finland.
Cynthia Uwak's first experience of playing football was against boys in the streets of her hometown. She was supported by her mother to pursue football, and was able to combine playing with her secondary education.[1]
Cynthia Uwak began her club career with Finnish women's sideKMF, and has spent the majority of her club career in Scandinavia with the exception of a stint in France and Germany.[1] She was part of theOlympique Lyonnais team that won theDivision 1 Féminine title in France in 2009.[2] After moving to Finnish side Åland United, she won a further Naisten Liiga title in 2013, and was the top goal scorer in the division.[1]
She is a member of theNigeria national football team. Uwak competed at the2008 Summer Olympics[3] and the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She missed out on the squad for the2010 African Women's Championship in South Africa following an injury. The national coachEucharia Uche said at the time that that would not automatically mean that she would be left out of the squad for the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup the following year.[4] However, when the World Cup squad was announced, Uwak was not listed. No specific reason was given for her omission, with a general statement saying, "The coach has strictly gone with players that are capable of doing the country proud at the World Cup in Germany".[5]
She was considered for a return to the national team by coachFlorence Omagbemi in 2016 for theAfrica Women Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The coach was looking at a succession of former players in an effort to bolster the team's chances at the upcoming tournament.[2]
Uwak has previously spoken out against the notion that all women involved in football arelesbians; "saying that female footballers are lesbians is rather pathetic. You can’t just label people based on assumptions."[6]
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