Super Falcons Midefilder, Francisca Ordega Set To Marry
By Amaechi Agbo
Super Falcons attacker, Francisca Ordega has built a house for her mother even as she announced her intention to get hooked, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report
The Shanghai Shenhua attacker who received bashing from Nigeria football followers and journalists during the France 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup for devoting much time to the style of hair she would wore in each match the the played, praised her mother and described her as the “best mother in the world”
Miss Ordega took to Twitter on Monday to share photos of the house and announced her intention to get married
She wrote: “Congratulations Mother…enjoy your new home…love you so much sweetheart….you are the best Mum in the world…you deserve the best….I know you are proud of me….now I can marry in peace.”
Ordega represented the Nigeria women’s national football team in all levels. With the under 17, she played the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup and with the under 20 at 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
At senior level she played in the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments of 2011 and 2015 and 2019.
At the latter she opened her World Cup account by scoring Nigeria’s equalizing goal against
Sweden on 8 June 2015 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The pulsating match ended 3–3 in the opening game of Group D.
She was also part of Nigeria’s squads at the African Women’s Championship of 2010 and 2014 , winning both tournaments.
In 2018, she was also a member of the Nigerian squad who won the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations in Ghana, A tournament where she had two goals and two assists and won the woman of the match award at the final game against South Africa.