Mercy Akide

Mercy Akide
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Port Harcourt, 26 ga Augusta, 1975 (51 shekaru)
ƙasa	Najeriya
Karatu
Makaranta	Milligan University (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa
Hanya Ƙungiyoyi Shekaru Wasanni da ya/ta buga Ƙwallaye   Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta mata ta Najeriya -
Mahalarcin Summer Olympic Games (en) FIFA Women's World Cup (en) FIFA Women's World Cup (en) FIFA Women's World Cup (en) Africa Women Cup of Nations (en) Summer Olympic Games (en)
Muƙami ko ƙwarewa	Mai buga tsakiya
Tsayi	1.89 m
Kyaututtuka	gani Gwarzuwar 'Yar Wasan Kwallon Kafa ta Matan Afirka  (2001) FIFA All-Star Team  (2004) FIFA All-Star Team  (1999)
IMDb	nm2152065

Mercy Nnenda Akide-Udoh (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1975) tsohuwar ‘yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ce daga Najeriya wadda aka fi sani da rawar da ta taka wajen bunƙasa wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na mata a Najeriya da nahiyar Afirka baki ɗaya. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasan mata na farko daga Najeriya da suka samu karɓuwa a duniya saboda bajintarta a matsayin mai kai hari.

An haifi Mercy Akide a birnin Port Harcourt da ke jihar Rivers a Najeriya. Tun tana ƙarama ta nuna sha’awar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa duk da ƙalubalen da mata ke fuskanta a wannan fanni a lokacin. Ta fara taka leda a makarantu da kungiyoyin cikin gida kafin ta samu shiga manyan kungiyoyin mata a Najeriya.

Akide ta yi fice sosai a lokacin da take taka leda a kungiyar mata ta Najeriya wadda aka fi sani da Super Falcons. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ‘yan wasan da suka taimaka wajen kafa tarihin nasarorin Najeriya a gasar cin kofin mata ta Afirka. Najeriya ta lashe kofuna da dama tare da ita a cikin tawagar kasar.

Ta wakilci Najeriya a gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata ta FIFA sau da dama, inda ta taka rawa mai muhimmanci wajen kai Najeriya zuwa matakan gaba a gasar. A gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata ta shekarar 1999, Mercy Akide ta kasance cikin fitattun ‘yan wasan Najeriya da suka taimaka wa kungiyar ta kai wasan daf da na kusa da na ƙarshe.

Baya ga gasar cin kofin duniya, Akide ta kuma wakilci Najeriya a gasar Olympics ta mata. Ta taka rawa wajen nuna ƙwarewar ‘yan wasan Najeriya a duniya tare da taimaka wa wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na mata samun karɓuwa a tsakanin al’umma.

A matakin kungiyoyi kuwa, Mercy Akide ta taka leda a Najeriya kafin daga baya ta koma Turai da Amurka domin ci gaba da sana’arta. Ta buga wa wasu kungiyoyi a Amurka inda ta samu yabo saboda ƙwarewarta wajen cin ƙwallaye da kuma jagoranci a fili.

A shekarar 2001, Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Afirka (CAF) ta zaɓi Mercy Akide a matsayin Gwaruwar ‘yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka. Wannan karramawa ta tabbatar da irin gagarumar gudummawar da ta bayar wajen haɓaka wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na mata a Afirka.

Bayan ta yi ritaya daga taka leda, Mercy Akide ta shiga harkar horaswa da kuma tallafawa ci gaban wasan mata. Ta yi aiki a shirye-shiryen bunkasa matasan ‘yan wasa tare da bayar da gudummawa wajen wayar da kan jama'a game da muhimmancin bai wa mata dama a harkar wasanni.

Ana kallon Mercy Akide a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun tsofaffin ‘yan wasan mata da suka taimaka wajen ɗaga darajar Najeriya a duniya. Gudummawarta ta taimaka wajen bude hanya ga sabbin ‘yan wasa mata daga Najeriya da nahiyar Afirka baki ɗaya.

Rayuwar farko

Mercy Akide ta taso ne a iyali mai son wasanni a jihar Rivers. Tun tana yarinya ta kasance mai sha’awar buga ƙwallo tare da yara maza a unguwarsu. Duk da ƙalubalen al’ada da ke hana mata shiga harkar ƙwallon ƙafa a lokacin, ta dage wajen nuna bajintarta har ta samu karɓuwa daga masu horaswa da kungiyoyi daban-daban.

Aikin kungiyar kasa

Akide ta kasance muhimmiya a cikin Super Falcons tun daga shekarun 1990. Ta taimaka wajen lashe gasar cin kofin mata ta Afirka sau da dama. Haka kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a gasar cin kofin duniya da kuma Olympics, inda aka san ta da saurin gudu da iya zura kwallo.

Kyaututtuka da yabo

• Gwaruwar ‘yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka ta CAF: 2001
• Tsohuwar tauraruwa a kungiyar Super Falcons
• Daya daga cikin fitattun mata ‘yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a tarihin Najeriya

Duba kuma

• Super Falcons
• Kwallon kafa ta mata a Najeriya