Nkem Ezurike

born in Halifax, her family was in fact already living in neighbouring Lower Sackville... she was six years old when she started playing soccer in the Lower Sackville Timbits program... grew up playing soccer and a little bit of basketball... favourites have included Didier Drogba, Chelsea FC... earned a Bachelor of Arts, Economics and International Studies from the University of Michigan in 2014... as a youth player in 2008, was noted by the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Technical Study Group (“tall, strong and physical, shows well for the ball (support), good distribution”)...

made five international “A” appearances from 2014 to 2015 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at New Zealand 2008; U-20 at Japan 2012)... won two Concacaf youth medals with Canada (2008 bronze U-17 and 2012 silver U-20)…

with Halifax City SC, a Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Jubilee Trophy in 2008)...