Super Falcons forward Joy Omewa has completed a transfer to Nottingham Forest Women from Danish club Fortuna Hjørring, Completesports reports.
The 23 year old striker has signed a contract that will keep her at the City Ground until the end of the 2025/26 campaign. Omewa arrives in England on the back of a productive spell in Denmark, where she found the net 52 times in 85 league outings for Fortuna Hjørring.
During her time in the Kvindeligaen, she was instrumental in Fortuna Hjørring’s success, helping the club win the Danish Women’s Cup twice and secure the league title in the 2024/25 season. On the international stage, Omewa has represented Nigeria at Under-17 and Under-20 levels, before earning her first senior cap last year.
Nottingham Forest Women head coach Carly Davies expressed her excitement about the acquisition, saying: “Joy’s incredible goal-scoring prowess speaks for itself. She’s a dynamic forward with a natural instinct in front of goal, and her ability to find the net consistently at both club and international level makes her a fantastic addition to our squad.”
On her move to Nottingham, Omewa added: “I am delighted to sign for Nottingham Forest. It’s an ambitious club and I’m excited to be a part of this team. I can’t wait to get started for this club and I think I can add a lot to an already talented group at Forest.”
Editorial
In football’s ceaseless churn of talent and pursuit, Nottingham Forest’s acquisition of Joy Omewa feels less like an opportunistic purchase and more like an astute affirmation of intent. Forest Women, nestled in the passionate spine of the Midlands, have often been overshadowed by their male counterparts’ ebbs and flows but this signing whispers of ambition, not accident.
Omewa arrives not as a raw novice, but as a proven marksman whose résumé in Denmark bristles with productivity. To score more than 50 goals in 85 league matches for Fortuna Hjørring is no modest achievement it signals a striker hardened in the crucible of expectation and success. Forest’s sporting directors rightly saw in her not merely an addition, but a potential cornerstone around which attacking identity might flourish.
Carly Davies’ words — highlighting Omewa’s “natural instinct in front of goal” are telling. In a league where razor-edge margins define seasons, instinct becomes as valuable as technique. Yet there’s a deeper narrative here in placing faith in a Nigerian international who cut her teeth outside the traditional epicentres of women’s football, Forest challenge the conventional elite pathways.
This transfer resonates beyond the City Ground. It speaks to a wider evolution within women’s football, where talent truly knows no geography, and where clubs with vision can tap into markets long undervalued by the Old Guard. Omewa’s journey from Confluence Queens to the verdant pitches of Nottingham encapsulates the sport’s expanding horizon — one in which ambition and ability conspire to rewrite expectation.
Forest’s project, at times imperilled by inconsistency, gains a fresh pulse with Omewa’s arrival. Should her adaptability match her scoring pedigree, this city’s supporters could find in her a talisman a figure through whom hope is not merely expressed, but embodied.
Did You Know?
- Omewa’s goal output at Fortuna Hjørring makes her one of the top 10 scorers in the club’s modern history — despite only being 23.
- Nottingham Forest Women compete in the English Women’s Super League 2, the second tier of women’s football in England.
- Forest Women’s uptick in recruitment reflects a larger push by English clubs to close the gap with continental giants, especially in Scandinavia.
- Omewa’s former team, Fortuna Hjørring, is one of Denmark’s most successful women’s clubs, regularly participating in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
- Nigeria’s Super Falcons squad, which Omewa has joined at senior level, boast multiple Women’s Africa Cup of Nations titles — illustrating the national side’s continental dominance.
