Jennifer Echegini
Celebrity
- Birthday
- March 22, 2001
- Age
- 25
- Birthplace
- London
- @echeginiii 50.3K followers
About
Jennifer Onyinyechi Echegini OON (born 22 March 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain. Born in the Netherlands, she plays for the Nigeria national team.
Echegini played collegiately for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Florida State Seminoles. In 2023, she led the Seminoles to the NCAA championship and won the Hermann Trophy as the best player in college soccer. She turned professional with Juventus before moving to Paris Saint-Germain.
Echegini was born in the Netherlands to Nigerian parents. Her family moved to England when she was 11. She spent her youth career at SCE Nijmegen, Charlton Athletic, Millwall and Arsenal.
Echegini was recruited by incoming head coach James Armstrong to play collegiately for the Bulldogs soccer team at Mississippi State University in 2019. She spent three seasons there, scoring 11 goals with 6 assists in 42 games. In 2022, she transferred to Florida State University to play for the Seminoles soccer team under Brian Pensky, who had tried to recruit her previously. In her first season for the defending national…
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