Aliza Hussein

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Aliza Hussein
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-23) 23 July 2000 (age 24)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Ba
International career
2018– Fiji 1 [1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2018 [2]

Aliza Akshara Hussein (born 23 July 2000) is a Fijian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ba FC and the Fiji women's national team.

Hussein is from Yalalevu. She started playing football at the age of five. [3] She was recruited to Ba FC in 2014. [4] [5]

She was part of the team for the 2017 Pacific Mini Games. [6]

In 2018, she was selected to the Fiji women's national football team for the 2018 OFC women's nations cup. [7]

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References

  1. "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. "Match". Oceania Football Federation. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. Shweta Vandana (3 November 2020). "Hussein aims high". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. "Football helped Hussein learn i-Taukei language". Fiji Live . 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. "Goal Fiji: A football dream". Fiji Times . 2021-11-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  6. "Hussein sets Vanuatu football mission". Fiji Times. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. Rohit Deo (16 August 2018). "National women's football squad named for OFC qualifier tournament". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 August 2022.