Halimatu Ayinde
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Halimatu Ibrahim Ayinde[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 1995[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) |
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*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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Nigeria
- U-20 Women's World Cup (runners-up): 2014
- African Women's Championship (2): 2014, 2016
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Sport, S. V. T. (25 August 2022). "Fotboll: Halimatu Ayinde lämnar Eskilstuna – klar för Rosengård". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Halimatu Ayinde Debuts for New York Flash". African Football. 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. 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.
- ^ Ryan Dabbs (14 June 2023). "Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Halimatu Ayinde – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Halimatu Ayinde at Soccerway
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