The icing on the cake of historic world champions Flamingos was that striker Oluebube Umejiaku was named both the best player of the 2026 U17 World Cup as well as the Player of the final.
The Heartland Queens star fired the winning goal to crown Nigeria first-ever champions of the world at this level.
It was a delicate chip over the Japan goalkeeper to give the Flamingos a two-goal lead soon after the restart.
The bulky centre-forward was Player of the Match when Nigeria edged past Mexico 2-1 in the Round of 16.
She fired four goals at the World Cup.
