Olaitan Yusuf
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 January 1982[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Pelican Stars | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Nigeria | 3 | (0) | |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2003 | |||
Olaitan Yusuf (born 12th of January 1982) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a forward[3][2][1] for the Nigeria women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup[3] and has been a two-time Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year.[4]
Career
[edit]Yusuf got onto the national stage with her first season in 2004, when she led D-II with 3.7 points and 1.75 goals per game where she drilled 35 goals and finished with 74 points which broke the Peach Belt Conference record and Clayton State Athletics Hall of Famer Nkiru Okosieme's 2001 program records of 33 goals and 72 points.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Olaitan Yusuf Induction Presentation p. 34. claytonstatesports.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ a b Olaitan Yusuf – Profile. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup United States 2003. FIFA. 2003. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Olaitan Yusuf, Clayton State University". peachbeltconference.org. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Olaitan Yusuf (2017)". Clayton State University Athletics. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Olaitan Yusuf - 2007-08 - Women's Soccer". Clayton State University Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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