 Aluko with Saint Louis Athletica in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Eniola Aluko[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.59 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Leafield Athletic | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Birmingham City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Charlton Athletic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Chelsea | 28 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Saint Louis Athletica | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Atlanta Beat | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Sky Blue FC | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Birmingham City | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Chelsea | 73 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Juventus | 27 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2016 | England | 102 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Great Britain | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Eniola Aluko MBE (born 21 February 1987) is a British football executive, football broadcaster and former professional player who played as a winger and striker. Aluko has been a regular broadcaster for live football on ITV, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and Fox Sports in the USA, including men's Premier League matches and Women's Super League since 2014. She was the first Sporting Director for Angel City FC[2] of the American National women's soccer league and formerly held the position of Sporting Director at Aston Villa W.F.C. from January 2020 to June 2021.[3]
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Aluko moved to Birmingham, England, at 6 months old and made 102 appearances for the England national team from 2004 to 2016 and competed at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, 2009 UEFA Women's Euro, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, 2013 UEFA Women's Euro, and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she represented Great Britain.
Aluko previously played for Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, and Chelsea in England's FA Women's Premier League. She played for Saint Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat, and Sky Blue FC in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) from 2009 to 2011. After a short stint with Birmingham City in England's new top-division league, FA WSL, she signed with Chelsea, where she played from 2012 to 2018.
Before retiring from professional football in January 2020, Aluko last played as a forward for Juventus. Since 2014 she has also provided television commentary on football, including FIFA men's and women's World Cups. In 2023, she joined Mercury/13 group as an investor and advisor. [4]
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: England" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Aluko named Angel City sporting director". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Eni Aluko takes job as Aston Villa Women's sporting director". the Guardian. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Downey, Sophie (12 March 2024). "Mercury/13: The group aiming to 'rethink football ownership'". The Guardian.