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 | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 12, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 5, 2023 |
Simisola Feyishayo Awujo (born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player. Born in the United States, she represents Canada at international level.
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]
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]
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]
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]