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Onome Ebi: Meet 40-year-old Super Falcon player
Onome Ebi is a Nigerian professional footballer born on May 8, 1983, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, to an Urhobo family, which inspired her name “Onome,” meaning “My Own.”
Throughout her illustrious football career, Ebi has achieved remarkable milestones. In 2019, she became the first African footballer to participate in five FIFA World Cup tournaments, representing Nigeria in the 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 editions. She also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and featured in six African Women Championships in 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017.
On the club front, Ebi began her journey with Omidiran Babes in 2001 and later moved to Bayelsa Queens in the Nigerian Women’s Championship in 2008. She subsequently played in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan for Piteå IF and Djurgardens IF in 2009, followed by stints with Turkish sides Düvenciler Lisesispor and Ataşehir Belediyespor from 2010 to 2013. She also played for Sunnanå SK in Sweden and FC Minsk in Belarus, where she won the Belarusian Premier League, the Belarusian Women’s Cup, and the Belarusian Women’s Super Cup twice. In 2017, she joined Henan Jianye for three seasons and returned to FC Minsk in 2021. She later played for Levante Las Planas in 2022 and joined home side Abia Angels in 2023.
On the international stage, Ebi has been a pivotal member of the Nigerian national team, the Super Falcons, participating in multiple FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments and African Women’s Championships. In June 2023, she was selected for the Nigerian squad in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
Regarding her financial success, Onome Ebi is one of the richest African female professional footballers, with an estimated net worth of US $1 million to US $5 million in 2023. Though her exact salary remains undisclosed to the public.
Throughout her career, Ebi has received numerous accolades and awards, including winning the Turkish Women’s First Football League and the Belarusian Premier League with her respective clubs and the African Women’s Championship four times with the Super Falcons. She was also named the NFF-Aiteo Female Player of the Year in 2018 and was part of the IFFHS CAF Women Team of the Decade for 2011-2020.
As of the provided information, there is no public record of Ebi being in a relationship, and she is presumably single.
Onome Ebi maintains an active presence on social media, with approximately 29,500 followers on Twitter and over 151,000 followers on Instagram. Fans can follow her on these platforms to stay updated with her latest news, photos, and videos.