Folashade Ijamilusi

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Folashade Ijamilusi
Personal information
Full name Folashade Florence Ijamilusi
Date of birth (2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 24) [1]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Liaoning Baiye
Number 38
Youth career
Springsoca Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2024 Robo Queens
2024–2025 Edo Queens
2025– Liaoning Baiye
International career‡
2016 Nigeria U17
2018–2019 Nigeria U20
2019– Nigeria 7 (5)
Medal record
Women's Football
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2024
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 July 2025

Folashade Florence Ijamilusi OON (born 30 May 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese club Liaoning Baiye and the Nigeria Women's National Team. She scored Nigeria's equaliser in the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco, which Nigeria won. [2]

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Career

Folashade Ijamilusi started playing football aged 6, [3] before eventually joining Springsoca Academy. [4] From there, she joined Nigeria Women's Football League (NWFL) club, Robo Queens, winning the Young Player of the Season award in 2019. She finished as the Top Scorer in the 2023-24 NWFL season. [5]

On 5 February 2025, Ijamilusi joined Chinese Women's Super League side, Liaoning Baiye. [6] On 9 March 2025, she made her debut, grabbing an assist in a 3-0 win over defending champions, Wuhan Jianghan. [7]

International career

Ijamilusi played for Nigeria's youth teams at U17 and U20 level, between 2016 and 2019, featuring at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2019 All Africa Games [8] Women's tournament which Nigeria won.

In 2019, she got her first call-up to the senior national, as coach Thomas Dennerby called up 30 home-based players in preparation for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [9] She didn't make the final squad for the tournament.

On 30 October 2024, she made her national team debut, scoring a hattrick against Algeria in a friendly. [10]

She was called up to the Nigerian squad for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournament. On 18 July 2025, she scored her first ever goal at the tournament against Zambia, in the quarter final. [11]

On 26 July 2025, Ijamilusi scored Nigeria's equaliser against hosts Morocco in the final, as they overcame a 2-goal deficit to win their record-extending 10th title. [12]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 October 2024 Onikan Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–04–1 Friendly
2.2–0
3.4–1
4.18 July 2025 Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 5–05–0 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
5.26 July 2025 Olympic Stadium, Rabat, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2–23–2

Honours

Edo Queens

Nigeria

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Folashade Ijamilusi at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Nigeria stun Morocco to win 10th WAFCON title". ESPN.com. 2025-07-26. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Edo Queens' Ijamilusi and Essien share inspiring football journeys". www.premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  4. ↑ Ochicha, Lovette (2024-04-01). "Robo Queens' Star, Ijamilusi Cherishes Highest Scorer Award In Lagos FA Cup". Sports247 Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  5. ↑ Sports, Pulse (2024-08-02). "CAF Women's Champions League: Edo Queens sign NWFL highest goal scorer". Pulse Sports Uganda. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  6. ↑ Oyebola, Mike (2025-02-05). "Transfer: Super Falcons forward, Ijamilusi moves to China". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  7. ↑ Busari, Akeem (2025-03-09). "Super Falcons Striker Ijamilusi Shines In Debut For Chinese Club, Grabs Assist In 3-0 Win". Sports247 Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  8. ↑ Oyeniyi, Sola (2019-08-07). "AAG 2019: Nnadozie, Duru, 16 others for Morocco". ACLSports. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  9. ↑ Oyeniyi, Sola (2019-03-18). "Dennerby invites 30 home-based players to Falcons camp". ACLSports. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  10. ↑ "International Friendly: Ijamilusi's Hat-Trick Steers Super Falcons To 4-1 Win Over Green Ladies – Independent Newspaper Nigeria". independent.ng. 30 October 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-11-01. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  11. ↑ "Wafcon 2024: Nigeria thrash Zambia 5-0 to reach semi-finals". BBC Sport. 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  12. ↑ "Nigeria beat Morocco to claim WAFCON title and complete Mission X". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
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