{"id":9048,"date":"2022-10-29T11:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T11:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9048"},"modified":"2022-10-29T11:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T11:02:35","slug":"desire-oparanozie-biography","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Desire Oparanozie Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Life&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Desire Oparanozie was born on the 17th of December, 1993, in Owerri, Imo State, which falls in the Southeastern geopolitical zone of <a href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/editorial\/list-of-literary-books-and-arts-festivals-in-nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Career&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Nigerian Women&#8217;s Championship<\/strong>, Oparanozie began her career with <strong>Bayelsa Queens<\/strong> before joining Delta Queens in 2010. Before going back to <strong>Delta Queens<\/strong> in 2011, she spent two months on loan with D\u00fcvenciler Lisesispor in the Turkish Women&#8217;s First Football League.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She moved to <strong>Rossiyanka <\/strong>from the Russian Women&#8217;s Football Championship in 2012, and while playing for them in four games of the 2012\u201313 <strong>UEFA Women&#8217;s Champions League<\/strong>, she managed to score one goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oparanozie signed a two-year contract to play for <strong>Bundesliga <\/strong>team <strong>VfL Wolfsburg<\/strong> in the 2013\u201314 campaign. She played primarily for Wolfsburg&#8217;s second team throughout the first part of the season and only made one appearance. After a season and a half, she left Wolfsburg in the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oparanozie moved to <strong>Ata\u015fehir Belediyespor<\/strong> on February 21, 2014, and will play the second half of the season there in the Turkish Women&#8217;s First Football League.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oparanozie was chosen as the team&#8217;s captain ahead of the 2019\u201320 season, and she got off to a strong start by defeating Metz on the first day of play. She signed a 2-year deal on June 30, 2020, according to a Dijon FCO announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Oparanozie left <strong>Guingamp<\/strong>, the city&#8217;s bus stop was given that name by her admirers in honor of her prolonged tenure with the French soccer team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2022 season, Oparanozie signed with <strong>Wuhan Jianghan University<\/strong> of the Chinese Women&#8217;s Super League.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Career&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>She scored three goals in the 2012 tournament and two goals in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women&#8217;s World Cup as a junior international player.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2010, Oparanozie has consistently competed for the Nigerian national team, competing in the FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cups in 2011, 2015, and 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Thomas Dennerby appointed Oparanozie the new captain of Nigeria in April 2019 and lauded her control and good character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She spearheaded efforts for equal compensation in Nigerian football after the 2019 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup, highlighting differences with the incentives received by the team&#8217;s male counterparts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also participated in the Nigerian teams that won all four of the <strong>African Women&#8217;s Championship<\/strong> tournaments in 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018. In both the finals in 2014 and 2016, she scored significant goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nigeria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2018: African Women&#8217;s Championship<\/li><li>2016: African Women&#8217;s Championship<\/li><li>2014: African Women&#8217;s Championship<\/li><li>2010: African Women&#8217;s Championship&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Individual<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2014:&nbsp; African Women&#8217;s Championship, Golden Boot<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Club<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delta Queens<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2012:Nigerian Women&#8217;s Championship<\/li><li>2011: Nigerian Women&#8217;s Championship<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Net Worth&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the analysis made from different sources online, Desire Oparanozie has an estimated net worth of <strong>$1.5 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media Handles&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Desire Oparanozie is very active on social media platforms. She has verified accounts on both Instagram and Twitter, with over 92,000 followers and 36,000 followers respectively. You can follow her through the social media handles below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Instagram: @desireoparanozie<\/li><li>Twitter: @oparanozie9<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[858],"class_list":["post-9048","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-football-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Desire Oparanozie Biography | Net Worth | Age | Naijabiography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Desire Oparanozie is a professional footballer from Nigeria who plays for Wuhan Jianghan University and the Super Falcons.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Desire Oparanozie Biography | Net Worth | Age | Naijabiography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Desire Oparanozie is a professional footballer from Nigeria who plays for Wuhan Jianghan University and the Super Falcons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Naijabiography Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-29T11:02:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Desire-Oparanozie.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"498\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"547\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/\",\"name\":\"Desire Oparanozie Biography | Net Worth | Age | Naijabiography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Desire-Oparanozie.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-29T11:02:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-29T11:02:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"Desire Oparanozie is a professional footballer from Nigeria who plays for Wuhan Jianghan University and the Super Falcons.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Desire-Oparanozie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Desire-Oparanozie.jpg\",\"width\":498,\"height\":547,\"caption\":\"Desire Oparanozie\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/desire-oparanozie-biography\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Biographies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Desire Oparanozie Biography\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\",\"name\":\"Naijabiography Media\",\"description\":\"Sharing stories about people, events and culture. 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