OFFICIAL: Super Falcons Midfielder Rita Chikwelu Joins Saudi's Al Shabab

OFFICIAL: Super Falcons Midfielder Rita Chikwelu Joins Saudi's Al Shabab 

By Emmanuel Chinedu 

Nigeria’s Super Falcons midfielder Rita Chikwelu has completed her move to the Saudi Arabian women’s league, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

The well-experienced midfielder last season played for the Spanish Iberdrola side Levante Las Planas and she was able to distinguish herself.

The women’s team of Al Shabab late on Wednesday announced the acquisition of the Nigerian International after she passed her compulsory medical examination.

Chikwelu participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup from 2004 to 2008 and made her senior national team debut in 2007 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

She was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team which participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and a member of the Nigerian squad in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.