Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roosa Funmilayo Ariyo [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 June 1994||
Place of birth | Finland, [2] | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Club YLA | ||
Number | 20 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Monroe Tribunes | 31 | (79) |
2019 | Bridgeport Purple Knights | 18 | (3) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Honka | 44 | (4) |
2015–2017 | Jitex | 50 | (27) |
2019–2021 | TiPS | 25 | (21) |
2021–2022 | UDG Tenerife | 9 | (0) |
2022 | Real Betis | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Club YLA | 26 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Finland U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2021. [4] |
Roosa Funmilayo Ariyo (born 13 June 1994) is a Finnish-born Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian side Club YLA and the Nigeria women's national team.
Ariyo was raised in Helsinki and Espoo. [5] [3] Her father is Nigerian and her mother is Finnish.
Ariyo has attended the Monroe Community College and the University of Bridgeport in the United States. [5] [3]
Ariyo has played for FC Honka and Tikkurilan Palloseura in Finland and for Jitex BK in Sweden. [2]
Ariyo made her senior debut for Nigeria on 10 June 2021 in a 0–1 friendly loss to Jamaica. [6]
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