Dunia Susi

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Dunia Susi
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Personal information
Date of birth (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Enfield, London, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender /
Midfielder /
Forward
Team information
Current team
 Retired
Number 2
Youth career
Enfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Arsenal Ladies
2005–2006 Fulham
2006–2010 Chelsea Ladies
2008 Richmond Kickers Destiny
2011 Birmingham City Ladies 14 (2)
2012–2013 Chelsea Ladies 25 (4)
2014– Notts County Ladies
International career‡
2008 England U23
2009– England 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:19, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:19, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Dunia Susi (born 10 August 1987) is an English international footballer. She played for a number of FA WSL clubs before retiring from football. She has also represented Great Britain at the Olympics 2012 and the World University Games. [1]

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Club career

Susi started her footballing career at Enfield Ladies before moving to Arsenal Ladies [2] and later played for Fulham Ladies before joining Chelsea Ladies in the 2006 close season. [3]

She spent the 2008 United States season with Richmond Kickers Destiny, along with Chelsea colleagues Kylie Davies, Emma Delves and Jess O'Dwyer. [4]

In December 2010, Susi was revealed to have signed for Birmingham City's FA WSL squad. [5] She returned to Chelsea after one season away in February 2012. [6] In January 2014 Susi joined Notts County. [7]

International career

England

Susi played for England at Under-19 [8] and Under-23 level. [9] Her debut for the England senior side came in July 2009 when she came on as a substitute for Corinne Yorston in the 2–0 defeat at home to Iceland. [10] Susi's versatility has seen her selected as a right-back for England. [11]

Susi was allotted 170 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England's inaugural international. [12] [13]

Great Britain Olympic

In June 2012 Susi was as one of four reserves to the 18–player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics. [14] She was called into the squad as a replacement when Ifeoma Dieke suffered ruptured knee ligaments during Team GB's 3–0 win over Cameroon in the second group match of the games. [15]

Personal life

Susi started her footballing career captaining her schools boys' team. She then moved on to play for Enfield Ladies U-12s and U-14s scoring 96 goals in one season. She joined Arsenal Ladies centre of excellence and moved her way up to the reserve and first-team. Susi made her debut for Arsenal at only 17, coming off the bench against Everton Ladies. In 2005, Susi moved to Fulham for one season in order to gain further first team experience. After scoring 15 goals in only 19 appearances, she moved to Chelsea Ladies. Susi attended the University of Westminster, [4] as a business economics student.

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