Career
Early Born in Calabar, Nigeria, Umotong alongside her family moved to Birmingham, England when she was one year old. She is the youngest of six siblings born to Ben Anefiok and Grace Umotong. She began playing football at the age of five and it was in Primary school she got scouted by Birmingham City, Centre of Excellence in 2003.
She earned her first call up to the Super Falcons in February, 2015 when coach Edwin Okon invited 36 players to camp to prepare for the 11th All-Africa Games qualifiers, 2016 Olympic Games qualifiers and the 7th Fédération internationale de football association Women's World Cup finals.
The Economics and Actuarial Science undergraduate at the University of Southampton had to skip the first two weeks of the camp in Abuja due to her studies. On arrival after two weeks, promising Umotong got her first taste of action almost immediately as a late substitute in a warm-up 1-1 draw against a male academy team, showing true dedication in her quest to make the team for Canada 2015.
She followed it up with a goal when she came on for 20 minutes in another tune-up match against Nigeria Women Premier League side, Confluence Queens, before becoming the first player to feature in a full international after making her 33-minute debut for Nigeria in the first leg of their All-Africa Games qualifier against Mali in Bamako. She was eventually named in the 23-player list for the World Cup in Canada but did not feature in any of Nigeria"s three group matches as the African Champions failed to progress to the knockout stage.
With 29 goals in 25 league and cup matches, Umotong emerged top goal scorer for Pompey.
