SYDNEY — When Nigeria’s goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie left for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, everyone at her club, Paris FC, wished her well. But deep down, the feeling was a little bit different. As a staff member put it to ESPN, the biggest fear her peers had was that she would shine so much that a bigger club would come in after the tournament and tempt her away from Paris, even if she signed a new deal last April tying her to the club until June 2025.
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“She is so talented,” Sandrine Soubeyrand, the French legend and head coach at Paris FC, tells ESPN. “She is one of the main reasons why we finished 3rd in the league last season and qualified for the Champions League. She kept clean sheets (eight through the campaign), she made crucial saves in key matches. She was outstanding for us and so consistent as well.”
