Ayisat Yusuf-Aromire (born 6 March 1985) is a retired

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

n female

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player, who now lives in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. Yusuf played for several clubs in Nigeria and Finland. She was a member of the

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

squad at the

2004 African Women's Championship The 2004 African Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the African Women's Championship (now known as the ''Africa Women Cup of Nations''), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football ...

2007 Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but t ...

and the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Yusuf lives in

Kannelmäki Kannelmäki ( sv, Gamlas, Helsinki slang: ''Kantsu'') is a sub-neighbourhood of the neighbourhood of Kaarela in Helsinki, Finland. Kannelmäki is located a bit more than ten kilometres from the centre of Helsinki, and is bounded by Kehä I in the ...

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. She married a Nigerian man and they have two children born in Finland.

Sources

UrheiluSuomi.com

References

1985 births Nigerian women's footballers Nigeria women's international footballers 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Nigeria NiceFutis players Living people Women's association football defenders Delta Queens F.C. players Nasarawa Amazons F.C. players Rivers Angels F.C. players Osun Babes F.C. players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub