Transfer Update: Super Falcons Attacker Joins NWSL Club

Transfer Update: Super Falcons Attacker Joins NWSL Club

Sampson Adedeji

NWSL Club Racing Louisville has announced the signing of Nigeria's Super Falcons attacker Uchenna Kanu from Tigres UNAL of Mexico, BSNSports.com.ng understand.

Kanu joins Racing after a decent year at Tigres, where she rang up 20 goals in 30 appearances for the Monterey, Mexico-based club, helping her team claim Liga MX Femenil’s Torneo Apertura trophy this past November. 

Before her time in Mexico, Kanu impressed in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan, tallying 22 goals in 42 matches over two years with Linköpings FC. Kanu’s 17 scores in the 2021 season ranked second in the league. 

She also spent part of the pandemic-impacted 2019-20 season in Spain with Sevilla FC, making six appearances for the Spanish club.

Kanu has 10 goals in 12 appearances for Nigeria.