Halimatu Ayinde
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Halimatu Ibrahim Ayinde[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 May 1995||
Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Eskilstuna United | ||
Number | 18 | ||
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- | Eskilstuna United | 38 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010–2012 | Nigeria U17 | 6 | (4) |
2014 | Nigeria U20 | 6 | (0) |
2015– | Nigeria | 12[2] | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 international footballer who plays as a midfielder at a club level for Eskilstuna United, and internationally for the Nigeria women's national football team. She previously played for Western New York Flash in the United States, and Delta Queens in Nigeria.
Club career[]
Halimatu Ayinde was signed by the American team Western New York Flash on 15 June 2015 from the Nigerian domestic team Delta Queens.[3] She made her debut with a start in the 1–0 loss against the Houston Dash; she was substituted in the 79th minute.[4] 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.[3] 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.[5]
She subsequently joined FC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League later that year,[6] 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.[7] Her form continued in her first few games, scoring the only goal in an away match against on her third match for Minsk.[8]
International career[]
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.[9]
Honours[]
- Nigeria
- U-20 Women's World Cup (Runners-up): 2014
- African Women's Championship (2): 2014, 2016
References[]
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b "WNY Flash Waive Halimatu Ayinde". Western New York Flash. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Halimatu Ayinde Debuts for New York Flash". African Football. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Super Falcons will crush Senegal, says Halimatu Ayinde". Yahoo! News. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "2016–17 ZFK Minsk squad". UEFA. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Halimatu Ayinde makes goalscoring debut in Minsk victory". Goal.com. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Halimatu Ayinde's strike inspires Minsk away victory". Goal.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (28 May 2015). "Perpetua Nkwocha aims to end Nigeria career on a high". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
External links[]
- Halimatu Ayinde – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Halimatu Ayinde at Soccerway
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Nigerian women's footballers
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kaduna
- Western New York Flash players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- FC Minsk (women) players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Eskilstuna United DFF players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
- Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Delta Queens F.C. players
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs