{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (1983–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Ifeanyi Chiejine |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |fullname = Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine<ref>{{cite web|title=Players to watch:NGA : Chiejine_Ifeanyichukwu|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2003/m=12/news=players-watch-nga-chiejine-ifeanyichukwu-36094.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155420/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2003/m=12/news=players-watch-nga-chiejine-ifeanyichukwu-36094.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015|publisher=FIFA|access-date=14 March 2015|date=2 December 2003}}</ref> |birth_date = {{Birth date|1983|5|17|df=yes}} |birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria |death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|8|21|1983|5|17|df=yes}} |position = Forward |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |collegeyears1 = |college1 = |collegecaps1 = |collegegoals1 = |years1 = 2009 |clubs1 = KMF Kuopio |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2013 |clubs2 = CSHVSM |caps2 = |goals2 = |nationalyears1 = 2002 |nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-19 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |nationalyears2 = 1999–2008 |nationalteam2 = Nigeria |nationalcaps2 = |nationalgoals2 = |medaltemplates = |club-update = |nationalteam-update = }} '''Ifeanyichukwu Stephanie Chiejine''' {{Audio|Ig-Ifeanyi Stephanie Chiejine.ogg|Listen|help=no}} (17 May 1983 – 21 August 2019) was a Nigerian football who played as a striker for the national women's team. She last played for SSVSM-Kairat Almaty in the Kazakhstani Championship.<ref>[http://es.women.soccerway.com/players/ifeanyi-chiejine/19452/ Profile] in soccerway.com</ref> She had also played for FC Indiana in USA's W-League, KMF Kuopio and PK-35 Vantaa in Finland and Zvezda Perm in Russia.<ref>[http://lta-agency.com/news/page/4/ Interview with Shek Borkowski] in lta-agency.com {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131010034017/http://lta-agency.com/news/page/4/ |date=10 October 2013 }}</ref>
==International career== She had been a senior international, taking part in the 1999 where she held the record as the youngest female footballer to grace the World Cup until 2023, 2003 and 2007 World Cups and the 2000, participated in four CAF Women's Championship editions (2002, 2004, 2006, and 2004), winning three of them (2002, 2004, 2006), and 2008 Summer Olympics. As of 2007, she had scored 15 goals in 61 games for Nigeria.<ref>[http://www.chicagolandsoccernews.com/article.php?article_id=3672 FC Indiana adds Nigeria's Ifeanyi Chiejine.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017201900/http://www.chicagolandsoccernews.com/article.php?article_id=3672 |date=17 October 2013 }} Chicagoland Soccer News, 26 November 2007</ref>
==Death== She died on 21 August 2019 following a brief illness.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Former Super Falcons midfielder Ifeanyi Chiejine dies after brief illness|url=https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/ifeanyi-chiejine-dies-after-brief-illness/qqn5v4x|first=Steve|last=Dede|date=21 August 2019|access-date=22 August 2019|newspaper=Pulse Nigeria}}</ref>
==See also== *Casey Phair - Became the youngest player to appear at a FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023, a distinction held by Chiejine until then
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