Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simisola Feyishayo Awujo[1] | ||
Date of birth | September 23, 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
AFC Lightning | |||
NASA Tophat | |||
Southern Soccer Academy | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | USC Trojans | 31 | (4) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | FC Premier Women | (1) | |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) |
2022– | Canada U20 | 10 | (0) |
2022– | Canada | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 12, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2024 |
Simisola Feyishayo Awujo (born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player. Born in the United States, she represents Canada at international level.
Early life[edit]
Awujo began playing youth soccer at age 7 with AFC Lightning.[1] Afterwards, she played youth soccer with NASA Tophat and Southern Soccer Academy.[2][3]
College career[edit]
In 2021, she began attending the University of Southern California, where she played for the women's soccer team.[2] She scored her first goal on September 5, 2021, against the Western Michigan Broncos.[4] After her first season, she was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.[5] As a sophomore, she was named an All-Pac 12 First Team All-Star and to the Academic All-District Team.[6] After her junior season in 2023, she was named to the All-Pac 12 First Team, the All-Pacific Region Second Team, Scholar All-America Third Team, and the Academic All-District Team.[7][8][9][10]
Club career[edit]
In 2023, she played with FC Premier Women in the Women's Premier Soccer League and was named the Coastal Division Offensive Player of the Year and to the Best XI.[11]
International career[edit]
Awujo was eligible to represent the United States (where she was born), Nigeria (where her parents were born), and Canada (as her mother is a citizen).[12]
In 2019, she represented the United States U17 at a UEFA Women's Development Tournament in the Czech Republic.[13]
In January 2022, she attended her first camp with the Canada U20, later being selected for to the rosters for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where she won a bronze medal,[14] and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup rosters, where she played every minute.[15][16]
In August 2022, she earned her first callup to the Canadian national team for a pair of friendly matches against Australia.[14] She made her debut on September 3, 2022, coming on as a substitute.[17] She was named the women's 2022 Canada Soccer Young Player of the Year.[18] She scored her first senior international goal on December 1, 2023, in a 5–0 victory in a friendly against Australia.[19]
International goals[edit]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 1 December 2023 | Starlight Stadium, Langford, Canada | Australia | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Simi Awujo at the Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ a b "Simi Awujo USC profile". USC Trojans.
- ^ Clark, Travis (August 18, 2021). "Final 2021 Women's DI Recruiting Rankings". Top Drawer Soccer.
- ^ "No. 21 USC Women's Soccer Team Heads to Tempe and Tucson". USC Trojans. September 28, 2021.
- ^ Reno, Samuel (November 12, 2021). "USC dominates postseason Pac-12 awards". USC Annenberg Media.
- ^ "USC's Simi Awujo, Simone Jackson Named to Academic All-District Team". USC Trojans. November 16, 2022.
- ^ "Awujo, Duran Named to First Team, Flores Freshman of the Year as Nine Trojans Earn Pac-12 Awards". USC Trojans. November 7, 2023.
- ^ "Five Trojans Earn All-Pacific Region Honors". USC Trojans. November 30, 2023.
- ^ "Simi Awujo Named to Scholar All-America Third Team". USC Trojans. December 21, 2023.
- ^ "Simi Awujo, Hannah Dickinson Named to CSC Academic All-District Team". USC Trojans. November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Best of the WPSL - So Cal Conference". Women's Premier Soccer League. August 8, 2023.
- ^ Okogene, Charles (August 19, 2022). "Canada U20 Played Nigerian- Born Simi Awujo". New Dawn Nigeria.
- ^ "U.S. U-17 WNT Defeats Host Czech Republic 3-0 To Open UEFA Development Tournament". United States Soccer Federation. May 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "Awujo, Larisey earn first Canada call ups". Canadian Soccer Association. September 2, 2022.
- ^ Gomes, Maya (September 2, 2022). "Trojans go global for U20 World Cup". Daily Trojan.
- ^ Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (August 29, 2022). "Roster Analysis: What to make of CanWNT squad set to face Australia?". OneSoccer.
- ^ Rhodes, Benedict (September 3, 2022). "Match Analysis: Australia 0-1 CanWNT". Canadian Premier League.
- ^ "Simi Awujo and Ismaël Koné named Canada Soccer Young Players of the Year". Canadian Soccer Association. December 20, 2022.
- ^ Rhodes, Benedict. "Recap: Canada hammer Australia for 5-0 win at Starlight Stadium". Canadian Premier League.
External links[edit]
- Simi Awujo at Soccerway
- Simi Awujo at the Canadian Soccer Association