Simi Awujo

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Simi Awujo
Personal information
Full name Simisola Feyishayo Awujo [1]
Date of birth (2003-09-23) September 23, 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
AFC Lightning
NASA Tophat
Southern Soccer Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– USC Trojans 31 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023 FC Premier Women (1)
International career‡
2019 United States U17 3 (0)
2022– Canada U20 10 (0)
2022– Canada 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 12, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 6, 2024

Simisola Feyishayo Awujo (born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player. Born in the United States, she represents Canada at international level.

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Early life

Awujo began playing youth soccer at age 7 with AFC Lightning. [1] Afterwards, she played youth soccer with NASA Tophat and Southern Soccer Academy. [2] [3]

College career

In 2021, she began attending the University of Southern California, where she played for the women's soccer team. [2] She scored her first goal on September 5, 2021, against the Western Michigan Broncos. [4] After her first season, she was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. [5] As a sophomore, she was named an All-Pac 12 First Team All-Star and to the Academic All-District Team. [6] After her junior season in 2023, she was named to the All-Pac 12 First Team, the All-Pacific Region Second Team, Scholar All-America Third Team, and the Academic All-District Team. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Club career

In 2023, she played with FC Premier Women in the Women's Premier Soccer League and was named the Coastal Division Offensive Player of the Year and to the Best XI. [11]

International career

Awujo was eligible to represent the United States (where she was born), Nigeria (where her parents were born), and Canada (as her mother is a citizen). [12]

In 2019, she represented the United States U17 at a UEFA Women's Development Tournament in the Czech Republic. [13]

In January 2022, she attended her first camp with the Canada U20, later being selected for to the rosters for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where she won a bronze medal, [14] and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup rosters, where she played every minute. [15] [16]

In August 2022, she earned her first callup to the Canadian national team for a pair of friendly matches against Australia. [14] She made her debut on September 3, 2022, coming on as a substitute. [17] She was named the women's 2022 Canada Soccer Young Player of the Year. [18] She scored her first senior international goal on December 1, 2023, in a 5–0 victory in a friendly against Australia. [19]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 December 2023 Starlight Stadium, Langford, CanadaFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4–05–0 Friendly

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Simi Awujo USC profile". USC Trojans .
  3. ↑ Clark, Travis (August 18, 2021). "Final 2021 Women's DI Recruiting Rankings". Top Drawer Soccer.
  4. ↑ "No. 21 USC Women's Soccer Team Heads to Tempe and Tucson". USC Trojans . September 28, 2021.
  5. ↑ Reno, Samuel (November 12, 2021). "USC dominates postseason Pac-12 awards". USC Annenberg Media.
  6. ↑ "USC's Simi Awujo, Simone Jackson Named to Academic All-District Team". USC Trojans . November 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Awujo, Duran Named to First Team, Flores Freshman of the Year as Nine Trojans Earn Pac-12 Awards". USC Trojans . November 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Five Trojans Earn All-Pacific Region Honors". USC Trojans . November 30, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Simi Awujo Named to Scholar All-America Third Team". USC Trojans . December 21, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Simi Awujo, Hannah Dickinson Named to CSC Academic All-District Team". USC Trojans . November 21, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Best of the WPSL - So Cal Conference". Women's Premier Soccer League . August 8, 2023.
  12. ↑ Okogene, Charles (August 19, 2022). "Canada U20 Played Nigerian- Born Simi Awujo". New Dawn Nigeria.
  13. ↑ "U.S. U-17 WNT Defeats Host Czech Republic 3-0 To Open UEFA Development Tournament". United States Soccer Federation . May 21, 2019.
  14. 1 2 "Awujo, Larisey earn first Canada call ups". Canadian Soccer Association . September 2, 2022.
  15. ↑ Gomes, Maya (September 2, 2022). "Trojans go global for U20 World Cup". Daily Trojan.
  16. ↑ Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (August 29, 2022). "Roster Analysis: What to make of CanWNT squad set to face Australia?". OneSoccer .
  17. ↑ Rhodes, Benedict (September 3, 2022). "Match Analysis: Australia 0-1 CanWNT". Canadian Premier League .
  18. ↑ "Simi Awujo and Ismaël Koné named Canada Soccer Young Players of the Year". Canadian Soccer Association . December 20, 2022.
  19. ↑ Rhodes, Benedict. "Recap: Canada hammer Australia for 5-0 win at Starlight Stadium". Canadian Premier League .
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