Halimatu Ayinde

Halimatu Ayinde (born 16 May 1995) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a midfielder at a club level for Eskilstuna United, and internationally for the Nigeria women's national football team. She previously played for Western New York Flash in the United States, and Delta Queens in Nigeria.

Halimatu Ayinde
Personal information
Full name Halimatu Ibrahim Ayinde[1]
Date of birth (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995[1]
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eskilstuna United
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Delta Queens
2015–2016 Western New York Flash 9 (1)
2016 FC Minsk 5 (4)
2018 Asarums IF 22 (4)
2019- Eskilstuna United 38 (0)
National team‡
2010–2012 Nigeria U17 6 (4)
2014 Nigeria U20 6 (0)
2015– Nigeria 12[2] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:45, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 2015

Club career

Halimatu Ayinde was signed by the American team Western New York Flash on 15 June 2015 from the Nigerian domestic team Delta Queens.[3] She made her debut with a start in the 1–0 loss against the Houston Dash; she was substituted in the 79th minute.[4] After spending a season with the team, during which time she made nine appearances, including five in the starting lineups, she was released on 12 May 2016.[3] She had admitted underperforming in her first season with the Flash, but felt that she had improved in the 2016 preseason, scoring against the A team put forward by the University of Vermont. At the time this affected her selection for the Nigeria women's national football team, with Ayinde not being selected for a match against Senegal.[5]

She subsequently joined FC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League later that year,[6] making her debut in the 3–0 victory over Bobruichanka Bobruisk on 2 September. She was one of three Minsk players to score in the match, and went on to appear for the team in their UEFA Women's Champions League games.[7] Her form continued in her first few games, scoring the only goal in an away match against Nadezhda SDJuShOR-7 Mogilev on her third match for Minsk.[8]

International career

She was part of the Nigeria national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the winning squad at the 2014 African Women's Championship.[9]

Honours
Nigeria

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "WNY Flash Waive Halimatu Ayinde". Western New York Flash. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. "Halimatu Ayinde Debuts for New York Flash". African Football. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. "Super Falcons will crush Senegal, says Halimatu Ayinde". Yahoo! News. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. "2016–17 ZFK Minsk squad". UEFA. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. "Halimatu Ayinde makes goalscoring debut in Minsk victory". Goal.com. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. "Halimatu Ayinde's strike inspires Minsk away victory". Goal.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. Okeleji, Oluwashina (28 May 2015). "Perpetua Nkwocha aims to end Nigeria career on a high". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2016.


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