Michelle Alozie

Michelle Alozie

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

College career

Alozie attended Yale University and played soccer for the Yale Bulldogs from 2015 to 2018. She suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her senior season. Alozie transferred as a graduate to the University of Tennessee to continue playing for the Tennessee Volunteers.

Club career

BIIK Kazygurt

Alozie registered for the 2019 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft but was not selected. Instead, in January 2020, she signed her first professional contract with BIIK Kazygurt, the defending champions of the Kazakhstani women's football championship. She trained with the team for three months before COVID-19 ended the season, and she returned to California.

Houston Dash

Alozie joined the Houston Dash, where Alozie's childhood friend Ally Prisock was playing, as a preseason trialist without a contract in 2021. Dash assistant Twila Kilgore had previously recruited Alozie when Kilgore was head coach of the Pepperdine Waves. Alozie signed a national team replacement contract during the 2021 Houston Dash season, then signed a full contract for the remainder of the season in August 2021. In the 2022 season, Alozie made her first postseason start in the Dash's NWSL Playoffs appearance. In December 2022, Alozie signed a two-year contract extension with the Dash. She went on to play for Houston through the end of the 2025 season, making a total of 80 appearances (37 starts) across all competitions for the Dash.

Chicago Stars

On 23 December 2025, the Dash announced that they had traded Alozie to the Chicago Stars in exchange for $40,000 in NWSL allocation money. The Stars subsequently signed Alozie to a three-year contract through 2028.

International career

Alozie made her international debut for Nigeria on 10 June 2021 as a 65th-minute substitution in a 0–1 friendly loss to Jamaica. The game was part of the 2021 US Summer Series taking place in Houston where Alozie was training with the Dash. She was named to Nigeria's roster by national team manager Randy Waldrum after one training session with the team the day prior. In Nigeria's second game of the series against Portugal, Alozie scored her first goal for Nigeria in an enthralling 3-3 draw. On 16 June 2023, Alozie was named to the 23-player Nigerian squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. She played every minute of the tournament for the Super Falcons with Nigeria eventually losing to England on penalties after a 0–0 draw in the Round of 16. In the 87th minute of that game, Alozie was involved in an infamous incident that went viral. She had successfully won the ball off England forward Lauren James but was fouled and stamped on by James, who was subsequently sent off for violent conduct after a VAR intervention, receiving a two-game ban. In December 2023, Alozie was named to the CAF Women's Africa Best XI as one of the world's best African players. Alozie was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was part of the Nigerian women national team squad that won the 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations and was awarded the national honour Officer of the Order of the Niger, one hundred thousand dollars and a three-bedroom apartments at the renewed hope…

Club
Yale Bulldogs women's soccer
Club
BIIK Kazygurt (2020–2020)
Club
Houston Dash (2021–)
Club
Nigeria women's national football team (2021–)
National team
Nigeria

Personal

Early life

Alozie was born in La Jolla, California, to Nigerian parents from Imo State, Nigeria. She was raised in Apple Valley and attended the Granite Hills High School in her hometown.

Clubs

  • Houston Dash2021current
  • Nigeria women's national football team2021current
  • Yale Bulldogs women's soccercurrent
  • BIIK Kazygurt2020–2020

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Description

Nigerian-American soccer player

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Michelle Chinwendu Alozie OON is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or forward for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she plays for the Nigeria national team.

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