{"id":12139,"date":"2026-11-07T22:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T22:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/umejiaku-awarded-golden-ball-as-fifa-unveils-u-17-womens-world-cup-individual-winners\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T22:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T22:45:59","slug":"umejiaku-awarded-golden-ball-as-fifa-unveils-u-17-womens-world-cup-individual-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/umejiaku-awarded-golden-ball-as-fifa-unveils-u-17-womens-world-cup-individual-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Umejiaku Awarded Golden Ball As FIFA Unveils U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup Individual Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s star forward Oluebube Umejiaku has been awarded the prestigious adidas Golden Ball as the best player of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Umejiaku received the honor following an outstanding tournament capped off by helping the Flamingos secure their historic first-world title in a 2\u20131 victory over Japan in Saturday\u2019s final in Rabat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fifa-u-17-wwc-umejiaku-awarded-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-victory-over-japan\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: Umejiaku Awarded Player Of The Match In Flamingos\u2019 Victory Over Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The forward netted Nigeria\u2019s decisive second goal in the final, taking her total count to four goals across the tournament. DPR Korea\u2019s Yu Jong-hyang was named the Silver Ball winner, while Japan\u2019s Fuki Ito took home the Bronze Ball.<\/p>\n<p>In the goalscoring category, United States forward Maddie DiMaria captured the adidas Golden Boot after topping the charts with an impressive 12-goal tally. Yu Jong-hyang added a Silver Boot to her collection, while DPR Korea teammate Ri Ui-gyong earned the Bronze Boot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fifa-u-17-wwc-its-a-dream-come-true-flamingos-coach-celebrates-nigerias-triumph-over-japan\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: \u2018It\u2019s A Dream Come True\u2019 \u2013Flamingos Coach Celebrates Nigeria\u2019s Triumph Over Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DPR Korea goalkeeper Kim Son-gyong claimed the Golden Glove award as the tournament\u2019s top goalkeeper, while final runner-up Japan was presented with the FIFA Fair Play Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Complete List of 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup Award Winners:<\/p>\n<p>adidas Golden Ball (Best Player): Oluebube Umejiaku (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p>adidas Silver Ball: Yu Jong-hyang (DPR Korea)<\/p>\n<p>adidas Bronze Ball: Fuki Ito (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>adidas Golden Boot (Top Scorer): Maddie DiMaria (USA \u2014 12 goals)<\/p>\n<p>adidas Silver Boot: Yu Jong-hyang (DPR Korea)<\/p>\n<p>adidas Bronze Boot: Ri Ui-gyong (DPR Korea)<\/p>\n<p>adidas Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper): Kim Son-gyong (DPR Korea)<\/p>\n<p>FIFA Fair Play Trophy: Japan<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s star forward Oluebube Umejiaku has been awarded the prestigious adidas Golden Ball as the best player of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco. Umejiaku received the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}