Super Falcons midfielder Ngozi Okobi returned to football action for Swedish side Vittsjo GIK following a three-month lay-off.

Okobi who had been nursing an injury came on as a second half substitute for Vittsjo in their away encounter at Rosengard on Sunday.

Her country-woman Ohale Osinachi played the entire game for the visitors as they held their hosts to a 2-2 draw.

Elsewhere, midfielder Rita Chikwelu netted her second league goal in the Swedish topflight division in Kristianstad DFF's 2-1 loss to her compatriot Faith Ikidi's Pitea IF at the LF Arena Stadium.

Chikwelu opened scoring for her team on the 13th minute in a match that also saw another Nigerian Ogonna Chukwudi involved, but goals from Josefin Johansson and Madelen Janogy gave Pitea the maximum points.


Meanwhile, Ebere Orji continued with her fantastic form for her new club Umea IK in the lower Swedish women's football league, Eliettan.

The Nigeria international who recently joined Umea from Hungarian top club Ferencvaros after two years, equalised for her side on the 31st minute before netting her brace late in the second half.

After the victory, the Nigerian player who can operate as a striker or winger took her tally to three goals in two matches and she will be hoping to maintain her goal scoring form in Sweden.

She had a successful spell at Ferencvaros where she won the women's league title in 2016 and the women's FA Cup twice, in 2016 and 2017.


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