Nigerian descent and Super Falcons eligible Brooke
Nunn has become a first-time Australian champion with Central Coast Mariners
after a fiercely contested win in the grand finale on Sunday.
Nunn grabbed her third career league title as
champions Central Coast Mariners triumphed over Melbourne Victory on penalties
following a one-all draw at the AAMI Park in Melbourne.
After signing for The Mariners last summer, Nunn was
keen for a fresh challenge and projected her ambitions to help the club reach
new heights. A declaration that seemed to spark the forward’s creative ability
and mobility groove as a central attacking midfield position to secure some big
wins for club during the season.
?”I am hungry to compete at the top end of the league
this season and help push the girls to an even higher finish on the competition
table than last year.”
Knowing that The Mariners had just attained the Final
Series upon their return to the A-League Women from relegation. It was
seemingly a matter of time before Nunn would make the jump to a giant after her
addition to the talented group of attacking players.
She joined the Gosford based club from Hibernian and
quickly made the cut and thrust of Emily Husband’s first team. To highlight how
quickly she had progressed, she made waves within the 2024/25 A-League Women
campaign as Nunn’s first season saw her feature in 27 games, scoring four goals
and providing three assists.
With her latest title, Nunn continue to put herself in
the radar of players with multiple honours having previously won the Women’s
Super League in both 2011 and 2012, and the Women’s FA Cup in 2012 and 2013.
Nunn is eligible to play for Nigeria through her
mother who is half Nigerian and German. Her family was situated in Lagos, where
her grandfather Jackson Asiboje was one of the Directors of a shipping company
that is based in Apapa and she is keen on playing for the Super Falcons, the
most successful national team in Africa.
“I get my Nigerian heritage from my mother as my
mother is half Nigerian and half German. She was born in England as was I, but
I lived in a foster home from an early age. I see a reflection of this
potential [Nigerian spirit] in me and I think being part of the team [The Super
Falcons] would be an honour and achievement for me as a footballer. It’s
something that fulfills you.” Nunn told Nigeriafootball.ng
The winger who played for England at youth level said
the possibility of representing Nigeria was never feasible to her until players
like Ashleigh Plumptre were welcomed into the international set-up.
“Initially I didn’t think the possibility of playing
for the Super Falcons was there a few years back because you don’t often see or
hear of players that didn’t grow up in Nigeria within the squad but owing to
the paradigm shift in recent years which handed players outside the country who
are of Nigerian descent and heritage the possibility to represent the country,
has given me hope and faith that I can also have an opportunity to play for
Nigeria. I find it very motivating and I want to be a symbol of this
possibility.”
Given what she’s achieved so far, she is still some
way from hitting her prime and the peak of her powers as the sky is very much
the limit.
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