FIFA picks Mercy Akide for Symposium

World football governing body, FIFA, has invited Nigeria's legend, Mercy Akide-Udoh, to the sixth FIFA Women's Football Symposium taking place in Vancouver, Canada between Friday, July 3 and Sunday, July 5, 2015.

Akide-Udoh, who played for Nigeria at the 1995, 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup finals, is one of FIFA's 15 Ambassadors for women's football.

A graceful striker in her days, Mercy also played for Nigeria at the Women's Football Tournament of the 2000 and 2004 Olympics in Australia and Greece respectively, and was the first African Woman Player of the Year in 2002.

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