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Halimatu Ayinde
Personal information
Full name Halimatu Ibrahim Ayinde[1]
Date of birth (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Rosengård
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Delta Queens
2015–2016 Western New York Flash 9 (1)
2016 FC Minsk 5 (4)
2018 Asarums IF 22 (4)
2019–2022 Eskilstuna United 38 (0)
2022– FC Rosengård
International career
2010–2012 Nigeria U17 6 (4)
2014 Nigeria U20 6 (0)
2015– Nigeria 12[2] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:45, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2015

Halimatu Ibrahim Ayinde (born 16 May 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Rosengård[3] and the Nigeria women's national team. She previously played for Western New York Flash in the United States, Delta Queens in Nigeria and Eskilstuna United in Sweden.

Club career

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Halimatu Ayinde was signed by the American team Western New York Flash on 15 June 2015 from the Nigerian domestic team Delta Queens.[4] She made her debut with a start in the 1–0 loss against the Houston Dash; she was substituted in the 79th minute.[5] After spending a season with the team, during which time she made nine appearances, including five in the starting lineups, she was released on 12 May 2016.[4] She had admitted underperforming in her first season with the Flash, but felt that she had improved in the 2016 preseason, scoring against the A team put forward by the University of Vermont. At the time this affected her selection for the Nigeria women's national football team, with Ayinde not being selected for a match against Senegal.[6]

She joined FC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League later that year,[7] making her debut in the 3–0 victory over Bobruichanka Bobruisk on 2 September. She was one of three Minsk players to score in the match, and went on to appear for the team in their UEFA Women's Champions League games.[8] Her form continued in her first few games, scoring the only goal in an away match against Nadezhda SDJuShOR-7 Mogilev on her third match for Minsk.[9]

International career

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She was part of the Nigeria national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the winning squad at the 2014 African Women's Championship.[10]

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[11]

Honours

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Nigeria

References

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  1. ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ Sport, S. V. T. (25 August 2022). "Fotboll: Halimatu Ayinde lämnar Eskilstuna – klar för Rosengård". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b "WNY Flash Waive Halimatu Ayinde". Western New York Flash. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Halimatu Ayinde Debuts for New York Flash". African Football. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Super Falcons will crush Senegal, says Halimatu Ayinde". Yahoo! News. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. ^ "2016–17 ZFK Minsk squad". UEFA. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Halimatu Ayinde makes goalscoring debut in Minsk victory". Goal.com. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Halimatu Ayinde's strike inspires Minsk away victory". Goal.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (28 May 2015). "Perpetua Nkwocha aims to end Nigeria career on a high". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  11. ^ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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