Oparanozie’s international career over the last couple of years has been on-and-off on account of run-ins with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) because of her outspokenness and advocacy, both for equal pay and for prompt payment. Was infamously accused of “literally playing against her own team” by an NFF press release following a defeat to South Africa in 2021, and was controversially omitted from Nigeria’s squad for the Revelation Cup in February, before being recalled in March for friendlies with Haiti and New Zealand...
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