{{short description|Nigerian footballer (soccer player)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Charity Reuben | image = | fullname = Charity Chetachukwu Reuben<ref name="fifa">{{cite web |title=FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 List of Players Nigeria |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2016/pdf/FU20W_2016_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 July 2019 |page=11 |date=21 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728161912/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2016/pdf/FU20W_2016_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|2000|12|25}} | birth_place = | height = 177cm<ref name="fifa" /> | currentclub = Bayelsa Queens | clubnumber = | position = Striker | youthclubs1 = Rivers Angels | youthyears1 = | years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Ibom Angels | caps1 = | goals1 = 8 | years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = Bayelsa Queens | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = BIIK Kazygurt | caps3 = | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2019–2024 | clubs4 =Bayelsa Queens | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2024– | clubs5 =Al Ahly Women | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2016 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U20 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Charity Chetachukwu Reuben''' (born 25 December 2000) is a Nigerian footballer,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/170420/reuben_livid_goals_counted_for_nothing|title=Reuben livid goals counted for nothing|work=SuperSport official website|access-date=29 April 2018}}</ref> who plays for Al Ahly Women. She previously represented Ibom Angels in the Nigeria Women Premier League, and Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/170425/Reuben_predicts_win_v_Abia_Angels |title=Reuben predicts win v Abia Angels |date=25 April 2017 |website=SuperSport |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League, she scored eight goals, the most by any player in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ontvsite.com/index.php/2017/05/15/charity-reuben-top-scorer-going-nwfl/|title=Charity Reuben is top scorer in the on-going NWFL|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624204225/http://ontvsite.com/index.php/2017/05/15/charity-reuben-top-scorer-going-nwfl/|archive-date=24 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == After joining from Rivers Angels in 2015, Reuben scored six goals during the 2016 Nigeria Women Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/nigeria/769867-charity-reuben-eager-for-new-nwfl.html |title=Charity Reuben eager for new NWFL |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> Charity featured for Nigeria at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/falconets-nigeria-out-of-u-20-world-cup-but-we-are-still-proud-of-them-id5786126.html |title=Nigeria out of U-20 World Cup but we are still proud of them |newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/12072/nigeria-women/2016/11/05/29203662/ihezuo-yakubu-make-u20-womens-world-cup-squad |title=Ihezuo, Yakubu make U20 Women's World Cup squad |website=Goal |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> In February 2018, she was nominated by the Nigeria Football Federation for the 2017 Women Player of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.naijafootballplus.com/moses-ndidi-okpotu-oshoala-nominated-for-nff-awards/|title=Moses, Ndidi, Okpotu, Oshoala nominated for NFF awards - naijafootballplus|date=17 February 2018|work=naijafootballplus|access-date=29 April 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/2018-nff-awards-women-apos-190112057.html|title=2018 NFF Awards: Women's Player of the Year Nominees|access-date=29 April 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730004412/https://sports.yahoo.com/2018-nff-awards-women-apos-190112057.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards, but the award was eventually given to Rasheedat Ajibade.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/mikel-moses-lead-nominations-for-nigeria-pitch-awards-id8361598.html |title=Mikel, Moses lead nominations for fifth edition |last=Abayomi |first=Tosin |date=11 May 2018 |newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> Reuben has played for Bayelsa Queens football club since 2019.
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==External links== * {{FIFA player|398354}} * {{Soccerway|charity-reuben/468923}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reuben, Charity}} Category:Nigerian women's footballers Category:21st-century Nigerian sportswomen Category:Living people Category:2000 births Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Egypt Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Kazakhstan Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Category:Rivers Angels F.C. players Category:BIIK Kazygurt players Category:Women's association football forwards Category:Bayelsa Queens F.C. players Category:Ibom Angels F.C. players Category:Nigeria women's under-20 international footballers