{"id":3803,"date":"2026-11-11T05:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2026-11-11T05:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:55:40","slug":"anambra-celebrates-16-year-old-oluebube-umejiaku-after-historic-u-17-world-cup-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/11\/11\/anambra-celebrates-16-year-old-oluebube-umejiaku-after-historic-u-17-world-cup-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra Celebrates 16-Year-Old Oluebube Umejiaku After Historic U-17 World Cup Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1003713640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1003713640.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1003713640-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1003713640-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1003713640-768x849.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anambra State has celebrated 16-year-old football sensation, Oluebube Umejiaku, following her outstanding contribution to Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos\u2019 historic victory at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The Flamingos made history by becoming the first African team to win the tournament, with Umejiaku playing a key role in the historic achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Adding to her remarkable performance, the young Nigerian forward clinched the Adidas Golden Ball award as the tournament\u2019s Best Player after scoring four goals, including the decisive winning goal in the final against Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In recognition of her achievement, the Anambra State Football Association Chairman, General Chikelue Iloenyosi, travelled to Abuja to give the young star a heroic welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The visit was reportedly carried out on the directive of the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Patrick Ayamba, as the state celebrated one of its promising sporting talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anambra State has celebrated 16-year-old football sensation, Oluebube Umejiaku, following her outstanding contribution to Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos\u2019 historic victory at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco. The Flamingos made history by becoming the first African team to win the tournament, with Umejiaku playing a key role in the historic achievement. Adding to her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[22,148],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sport","tag-news","tag-u-17-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3806,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions\/3806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}