As the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup got underway in France yesterday, June 7, Super Falcons defender, Onome Ebi has become the first African woman to appear in five world cups. It is on record that Brazil’s Formiga and Japan’s Homare Sawa hold the highest record of playing in six different Fifa Women’s World Cup. Formiga featured at the 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015 FIFA women’s world cups, while Sawa played at the 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015 games. Kristine Lilly, Bente Nordby, Birgit Prinz, Karina…
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