Rafiat Sule Returns to Vicenza as Nigerian Forward Begins New Chapter in Italy.

Nigerian Forward Rafiat Folakemi Sule is back in Vicenza, but she returns to the Italian city carrying a goal-scoring pedigree built over a decade of competitive football.

Sule’s reputation as a natural finisher was established in Nigeria, where she emerged as one of the country’s most prolific young forwards with Bayelsa Queens.

In 2015, she scored 11 league goals to finish as the Nigeria Women Premier League’s leading scorer, adding two more goals in the Federation Cup. Rather than being a one-season phenomenon, Sule repeated the feat the following year, scoring nine league goals in 2016 to finish top of the scoring chart again.

Her consistency earned her a move to Rivers Angels, where she continued to find the net, including a two-goal display against Heartland Queens.

Sule also carried that scoring instinct onto the international stage. During the 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup, she scored twice against Niger in Nigeria’s emphatic 15–0 victory before finding the net again against Mali in the group stage.

Her European journey has taken her through Serie A, Serie B and Serie C. Most recently with Lumezzane, she registered three goals in 21 Serie B appearances, including a two-goal performance against Venezia in May 2026.

Now, following her move from Lumezzane to Real Vicenza Women, Sule returns to Serie C with experience, international exposure and a record that shows she knows where the back of the net is.

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