Desire Oparanozie

Ugochi Desire Oparanozie (born 17 December 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward in the Division 1 Feminine for Dijon FCO and the Nigerian national team.

Club Career

Oparanozie started her career at Bayelsa Queens in the Nigerian Women's Championship and moved to Delta Queens in 2010. She then spent 2 months on loan at Duvenciler Lisesispor in the Turkish Women's First Football League in 2011, before returning to Delta Queens.

In 2012, she joined Rossiyanka from the Russian Women's Football Championship, with them she played four matches at the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League, scoring one goal.

Oparanozie joined Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg for the 2013–14 season signing a two-year contract. In the first half of the season, she only appeared in one game, and mostly played for Wolfsburg's second team. In the winter, after half a season, she left Wolfsburg. On 21 February 2014, Oparanozie transferred to Atasehir Belediyespor to play the second half of the season in the Turkish Women's First Football League.

Guingamp

For the 2014–15 she joined Guingamp of the French Division 1 Feminine, where she was joined by Nigerian international captain Evelyn Nwabuoku during the following season.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Oparanozie was named club captain and began her leadership reign well with a win over Metz on the opening day of the season.

On 30 June 2020, Dijon FCO announced that She had signed a 2 year contract.

After leaving Guingamp, a bus-stop has been named after Oparanozie in Guingamp by her fans after her long stay at the French football club.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Дезайр Опаранози (russian)