Onome Ebi, Super Falcons captain and veteran defender is set to become the oldest player at the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The World Cup event which will take place in Australia and New Zealand will be featuring a total of 32 teams who have already sealed their qualification.
At 40, Super Falcons of Nigeria defender Onome Ebi will be the oldest player at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Onome made her debut for the Super Falcons of Nigeria in 2003 and she has gone on to win 4 WAFCON trophies between the period of 2010, 2014 2016 and 2018.
She was the oldest player aged 39 at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco having featured in the 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 editions of the African Women’s Championship.
On 6 July 2019, she became the first African Footballer to play in five FIFA’s World Cup Tournaments taking part in the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015, 2019 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
32 nations will compete in the Women’s World Cup for the first time which was initially born as a 12-team tournament in 1991 but was expanded to include 16 countries at USA 1999 and 24 at Canada 2015.
Qualifiers for Australia & New Zealand 2023
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China PR, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea Republic, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Vietnam, Zambia.
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