Dunia Susi (born 10 August 1987) is an English international

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. She plays for

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club Notts County and has also represented Great Britain at the

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Club career

Susi started her footballing career at Enfield Ladies before moving to Arsenal Ladies and later played for Fulham Ladies before joining

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in the 2006 close season. She spent the 2008 United States season with

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, along with Chelsea colleagues Kylie Davies, Emma Delves and Jess O'Dwyer. In December 2010, Susi was revealed to have signed for Birmingham City's

squad. She returned to Chelsea after one season away in February 2012. In January 2014 Susi joined Notts County.

International career

England

Susi played for England at Under-19 and Under-23 level. Her debut for the England senior side came in July 2009 when she came on as a substitute for

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in the 2–0 defeat at home to

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. Susi's versatility has seen her selected as a right-back for

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Great Britain Olympic

In June 2012 Susi was as one of four reserves to the 18–player

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squad for the

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. She was called into the squad as a replacement when Ifeoma Dieke suffered ruptured knee ligaments during Team GB's 3–0 win over

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in the second group match of the games.

Personal life

Susi started her footballing career captaining her schools boys' team. She then moved on to play for Enfield Ladies U-12s and U-14s scoring 96 goals in one season. She joined Arsenal Ladies centre of excellence and moved her way up to the reserve and first-team. Susi made her debut for

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at only 17, coming of the bench against Everton Ladies. In 2005, Susi moved to

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for one season in order to gain further first team experience. After scoring 15 goals in only 19 appearances, she moved to

. Susi attended the

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, as a business economics student.

References

1987 births Living people English women's footballers Arsenal W.F.C. players Fulham L.F.C. players Notts County L.F.C. players Chelsea F.C. Women players Birmingham City W.F.C. players England women's international footballers FA Women's National League players Women's Super League players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players USL W-League (1995–2015) players England women's under-23 international footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic women's footballers of Great Britain Women's association football utility players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards {{England-women-footy-bio-stub