FIFA has ranked Super Falcons’ Christy Ucheibe as the sixth best player with most tackles at the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The world football governing body revealed this on this Twitter page.
Ucheibe was ranked sixth after making 36 tackles in the four games she played in for the Super Falcons.
At number one is Australia’s Katrina Gorry (59 tackles), Jackie Groenen of Netherlands and Georgia Stanway of England are joint second (44 tackles) and Sweden’s Filipa Angeldahl is third (43 tackles) and at number four is Grace Geroyo of France (40 tackles).
At number five is Lucy Bronze of England (37 tackles), England’s Keira Walsh and Ona Batlle of Spain are joint seventh (35 tackles) and Lorena Bedoya is Colombia is eight (33 tackles).
The Super Falcons made it to the round of 16 at after finishing in a group that had co-hosts Australia, Canada and Republic of Ireland.