Eniola Aluko
Aluko in the dress of St. Louis Athletica
Eniola Aluko (born 21 February 1987 in Lagos) is an English footballer. A native of Nigeria national team since 2012 is at Birmingham City LFC under contract. Her brother sone is a professional footballer in the service of the English club Hull City. She stood in the squad the England team for the 2011 World Cup and the squad of Team GB for the Olympic Games in 2012.
Aluko began her career at the Birmingham City Ladies together with Karen Carney. She scored her first hit with her debut League against Leeds United at the age of 14 years. 2003, the striker from the Football Association as a female "Young Player of the Year" Award. After it has been used in the U -19 and U -21, she made her debut in 2004 at the age of 17 years in the senior national team of England against the selection of the Netherlands.
In 2003, Aluko to Charlton Athletic Ladies and won with these the FA Women's Cup 2005. In the final, she scored in the 58th minute the only goal of the day. In the final of the Premier League Cup 2006, she scored both goals against Arsenal Ladies 2-1 win of their team. After the dissolution of the team in 2007, she moved to the Chelsea Ladies and two years later in the United States for which was only founded a year earlier Club St. Louis Athletica.
With the national team Aluko took part in both the 2005 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and at the 2009 European Championship, where she became vice European champion and scored three goals. For the 2011 World Cup she was also nominated. In the first two games against Mexico and New Zealand, she stood in the starting eleven, but was replaced with New Zealand for the second half. Against Japan, it was only a substitute in the 62nd minute in the game but could not put accents. In the quarter finals, where England was eliminated in a penalty shootout against France, they did not play.
In 2012 she was in Team GB, which participated in the Olympic Games in London. She came in all four games for use, but different in the quarterfinals against Canada from.
She was also in the England squad for the European Championship 2013 in Sweden and came to the three games used, in which they scored a goal.
Achievements
- Cyprus Cup Winner 2013