Olaitan Yusuf

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Olaitan Yusuf
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-01-12) 12 January 1982 (age 43) [1]
Place of birth Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria [1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Pelican Stars
International career
Nigeria 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olaitan Yusuf (born 12 January 1982) is a Nigerian 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]

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Club career

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]

International career

Yusuf played an international friendly game in 2003 against Netherlands and Germany. [7]

She made her first major appearance for the Nigerian national team as a substitute in the match against Sweden on 28 September 2003 at the Women's World Cup in the United States. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Olaitan Yusuf Induction Presentation p. 34. claytonstatesports.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 Olaitan Yusuf – Profile. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Olaitan Yusuf, Clayton State University". peachbeltconference.org. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Olaitan Yusuf (2017)". Clayton State University Athletics. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Olaitan Yusuf - 2007-08 - Women's Soccer". Clayton State University Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Olaitan Yusuf » Record by opponent". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Sweden 3-0 Nigeria (28 Sep, 2003) Lineups - ESPN (UK)". ESPN. Retrieved 21 July 2025.


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