Shameeka Nikoda Fishley (born 19 September 1993) is an English

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who plays as a

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in the Turkish Women's Super League for

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in Turkey.

Early life

Shameeka Nikoda Fishley was born to Tracey Fishley in Leeds, England, on 19 September 1993. She attended St Augustine's Catholic Primary School in Leeds in 2005 and completed her high school education in 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, she studied Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness at Merrist Wood College, England. In May 2011, she obtained an

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Level 1 from The Football Association, which is equivalent to a UEFA Pro Licence. She then went to the United States, where she was educated in Personnel Administration in Human Resources Management at Davenport University in Michigan between 2013 and 2017.

Playing career

Fishley began playing football during her high school years. She was with Leeds United Women F.C. U14, Seacroft Colts AFC U16, Huddersfield Town A.F.C. and Leeds City Vixens before she entered the youth academy team of Chelsea in 2011, where she played until 2013. She was with

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in the United States, She then played for the Icelandic club İB Vestmannaeyja in 2018, with the Italian A.S.D. AGSM Verona in 2017–18, and

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in the 2018–19 season, with UMF Stjarnan in Iceland again between 2019 and 2021, and with the Spanish

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in 2021. In November 2021, she moved to Turkey and signed with the newly established team Fenerbahçe. She scored a

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in her first game with Fenerbahçe against archrivals Galatasaray that was the first match of both newly established teams. The friendly match was played under the motto "End Violence Against Women" ( tr, Kadına Şiddete Son) before the start of the

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. It ended 7–0 for Fenerbahçe.

References

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