Ifeoma Dieke

Ifeoma Nnenna Dieke (born 25 February 1981) is an American-born Scottish international footballer who played as a defender for several professional clubs in Sweden, the United States, and Cyprus.

[9] The move was not successful and with Kalmar adrift at the foot of the league table, Dieke was dropped from the team and released during the mid-season break.

[15] She played alongside Casey Stoney in central defence, but suffered knee ligament damage in the second group match and had to withdraw from the squad.

[15] Medical tests showed that she had ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament, which prevented her from playing in the remainder of Scotland's UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying matches.

[16] After missing almost two years of international football due to the injury, Dieke was recalled to Scotland's squad for the 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup.

[17] That October she won her 100th cap in Scotland's 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs defeat by the Netherlands in Rotterdam.

With teammate Jo Love, she was awarded a special cap in October 2015 as part of a UEFA-backed programme to honour players with 100 or more appearances for their national teams.

[19] When Scotland secured qualification for their first ever major tournament at UEFA Women's Euro 2017, after several near misses, 36-year-old veteran Dieke announced that she would be retiring from international football afterwards.

[21][22] In a Washington Post report published in November 2022, Dieke alleged that she had experienced sexist behavior from club staff and match officials, and suggested that the ECNL's exclusion of women from leadership roles was "a systemic problem".

[24] In May 2022, United States Youth Soccer Association club Miami Rush Kendall SC announced Dieke as a U19 girls coach.