Nnadozie Joins Shortlist for The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper 2025

Chiamaka Nnadozie has earned a nomination for the Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper 2025 Award, according to reports. The Nigeria international faces stiff competition, with nominees including Hannah Hampton, Ann‑Katrin Berger, Cata Coll, Christiane Endler, Anna Moorhouse and Phallon Tullis‑Joyce.

Nnadozie enjoyed an outstanding year at club and international level. She helped her former club, Paris FC (Féminine), win the Coupe de France Féminine in May by saving two penalties in the shoot-out to bring home their first major trophy in nearly two decades.

On the international stage, the 24 year old played a key role for Super Falcons of Nigeria as they claimed a record-extending 10th title at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 in Morocco. She kept four clean sheets and was named the tournament’s Best Goalkeeper.

Voting for the award is open to coaches, captains, media representatives and fans registered on FIFA.com until November 28, 2025.

Editorial

In a world where the spotlight often favours strikers, the silent guardians of the goalpost seldom receive the honour they deserve. Chiamaka Nnadozie’s nomination for the Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper Award is more than recognition of a stellar year it is affirmation that Nigeria’s women’s football engine is functioning at world-class levels.

On the surface, her achievements read as statistics a trophy for club, a tournament title for country, a clean sheet count that speaks volumes. But delve deeper, and you see more a young woman anchoring defensive structures, projecting calm through chaos, and dismantling doubt one decisive save at a time.

Her performance in the shoot-out for Paris FC is symbolic. Penalties reduce the margin of error to zero, and yet Nnadozie emerged unshaken. Her form for the Super Falcons in Morocco added another dimension: this was not club-level success alone but continental impact, demonstrably and repeatedly.

In Nigeria’s football narrative, we are accustomed to the hype around forwards, the glamour of goals. Yet here stands a goalkeeper staking claim to global relevance. That she has done so is a tribute to her individual drive—but it is also a reflection of a system shifting. The pipelines from youth, the trust in female talent, the international mobility all coming together.

Now comes the real test. A nomination invites scrutiny. It demands follow-through. For Nnadozie, the question becomes not can she win? but will she sustain? Will she lead from the back, continue to sharpen, and transform acclaim into consistency? Because at the elite level, accolades are not endpoints they are entry passes.

To the Super Falcons supporters this is a moment of national pride. But to Nnadozie herself, it must feel like a call to arms. The world is watching. Let’s hope she responds with the quiet ferocity of a goalkeeper who knows that the fine margins of defeat and victory often pass directly in front of her.

Did You Know?

1. Nnadozie became the first African woman to finish in the top-rankings for the Women’s Yachine Trophy, the goalkeeper equivalent of the Ballon d’Or.
2. She joined Paris FC from Nigeria’s ‎Rivers Angels and was instrumental in lifting their first major trophy after almost two decades at the club level.
3. In the 2024 WAFCON, she kept four clean sheets in six matches, showing both consistency and high pressure performance.
4. While nominated for the FIFA award, she has also been shortlisted for the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) Women’s Best Goalkeeper Award, underscoring her global credentials.
5. Voting for the Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper includes fans, media, national team captains and coaches—so Nnadozie’s nomination opens a national conversation about Nigerian women’s football on the world stage.