Simi Awujo

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Simi Awujo
Personal information
Full name Simisola Feyishayo Awujo[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-23) September 23, 2003 (age 20)
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 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 12, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 9, 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
1. 1 December 2023 Starlight Stadium, Langford, Canada  Australia 4–0 5–0 Friendly

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Simi Awujo at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. ^ a b "Simi Awujo USC profile". USC Trojans.
  3. ^ Clark, Travis (August 18, 2021). "Final 2021 Women's DI Recruiting Rankings". Top Drawer Soccer.
  4. ^ "No. 21 USC Women's Soccer Team Heads to Tempe and Tucson". USC Trojans. September 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Reno, Samuel (November 12, 2021). "USC dominates postseason Pac-12 awards". USC Annenberg Media.
  6. ^ "USC's Simi Awujo, Simone Jackson Named to Academic All-District Team". USC Trojans. November 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "Awujo, Duran Named to First Team, Flores Freshman of the Year as Nine Trojans Earn Pac-12 Awards". USC Trojans. November 7, 2023.
  8. ^ "Five Trojans Earn All-Pacific Region Honors". USC Trojans. November 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "Simi Awujo Named to Scholar All-America Third Team". USC Trojans. December 21, 2023.
  10. ^ "Simi Awujo, Hannah Dickinson Named to CSC Academic All-District Team". USC Trojans. November 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "Best of the WPSL - So Cal Conference". Women's Premier Soccer League. August 8, 2023.
  12. ^ Okogene, Charles (August 19, 2022). "Canada U20 Played Nigerian- Born Simi Awujo". New Dawn Nigeria.
  13. ^ "U.S. U-17 WNT Defeats Host Czech Republic 3-0 To Open UEFA Development Tournament". United States Soccer Federation. May 21, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Awujo, Larisey earn first Canada call ups". Canadian Soccer Association. September 2, 2022.
  15. ^ Gomes, Maya (September 2, 2022). "Trojans go global for U20 World Cup". Daily Trojan.
  16. ^ Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (August 29, 2022). "Roster Analysis: What to make of CanWNT squad set to face Australia?". OneSoccer.
  17. ^ Rhodes, Benedict (September 3, 2022). "Match Analysis: Australia 0-1 CanWNT". Canadian Premier League.
  18. ^ "Simi Awujo and Ismaël Koné named Canada Soccer Young Players of the Year". Canadian Soccer Association. December 20, 2022.
  19. ^ Rhodes, Benedict. "Recap: Canada hammer Australia for 5-0 win at Starlight Stadium". Canadian Premier League.

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