Simi Awujo
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File:USC Trojans vs Utah - MCH 6542 - Awujo.jpg Awujo playing for USC in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simisola Feyishayo Awujo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | September 23, 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AFC Lightning | |||
| NASA Tophat | |||
| Southern Soccer Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | USC Trojans | 49 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | FC Premier Women | 4 | (1) |
| 2024– | Manchester United | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | Canada U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022– | Canada | 28 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of December 7, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of December 2, 2025 | |||
Simisola Feyishayo Awujo (Yoruba: [sìmísólá fèjíʃàjɔ̀ àwùd͡ʒɔ̀]; born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Manchester United. Born in the United States and a former United States under-17 international, she represents Canada at senior international level.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Awujo began playing youth soccer at age seven with AFC Lightning in her hometown Peachtree City, Georgia, United States.[1] Afterwards, she played youth soccer with NASA Tophat and Southern Soccer Academy, as well as three years of Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2014 to 2016.[2][3] While at Woodward Academy, she competed in track and field, helping set school records in the 4x100 and 4x400.
College career
[edit | edit source]In 2021, she began attending the University of Southern California, where she played college soccer for the USC Trojans.[2] She scored her first goal on September 5, 2021, against the Western Michigan Broncos.[4] In her first season, she played in all 20 games including 15 starts, scoring two goals and creating two assists primarily as a holding midfielder, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.[5] As a sophomore, she made 11 appearances, scoring two goals and three assists. She was named All-Pac 12 First Team as well as CSC Academic All-District Team.[6] After her junior season in 2023, she appeared in 18 games, registering two assists, and was again named to the All-Pac 12 First Team.[7] Academically she earned Scholar All-America third team, CSC Academic All-District and Pac-12 Honor Roll honors[8][9] She departed prior to her senior year, having made a total of 49 appearances. She studied computer science and business and pursued her studies remotely while playing for Manchester United.[10]
Club career
[edit | edit source]In summer 2023, Awujo appeared in the Women's Premier Soccer League for FC Premier Women, scoring one goal and making three assists in four appearances.[11] She was named the Coastal Division Offensive Player of the Year and to the Coastal Division Best XI.[12]
On August 9, 2024, Awujo signed a thee-year contract with English Women's Super League club Manchester United.[13] She made her debut on September 21, as a 77th-minute substitute in an opening day 3–0 win at Old Trafford.[14]
Competing for United in the May 2025 World Sevens Football tournament, she was named as the competition's breakout star.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]Youth
[edit | edit source]Awujo was eligible to represent the United States (where she was born), Nigeria (where both her parents were born), and Canada (as her mother is a citizen).[15]
In 2019, she represented the United States under-17 at a UEFA Women's Development Tournament in the Czech Republic.[16] She was recalled to an under-17 training camp in 2020.
In January 2022, she attended her first camp with the Canada under-20 team, later being selected for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where she won a bronze medal,[17] and to the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup roster, where she played every minute as Canada lost every match and were eliminated at the group stage.[18][19]
Senior
[edit | edit source]In August 2022, Awujo earned her first callup to the senior Canada national team for a pair of friendly matches against Australia.[17] She made her debut on September 3, 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.[20] She was named the women's 2022 Canada Soccer Young Player of the Year.[21] In July 2023, she was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[22] She was an unused substitute for all three matches as Canada were eliminated at the group stage. She scored her first senior international goal on December 1, 2023, in a 5–0 victory in a friendly against Australia.[23] In February 2024, she was named to the roster for the inaugural 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.[24] She made her senior tournament debut on February 25, 2024, as a halftime substitute in a 4–0 victory over Paraguay. Canada were eliminated at the semifinal stage on penalties against the United States.[25] In July 2024, she was called up to represent Canada at the 2024 Olympic Games.[26] She made three appearances including two starts,[1] as Canada were eliminated at the quarterfinals by Germany on penalties.[27]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of December 17, 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Premier Women | 2023 | Women's Premier Soccer League | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Manchester United | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played December 2, 2025[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 1 | |
International goals
[edit | edit source]- As of match played December 1, 2023
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Awujo goal.
| No. | Date | Cap | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 1, 2023 | 8 | Starlight Stadium, Langford, Canada | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
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Honours
[edit | edit source]Manchester United
- Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2024–25[28]
Canada
References
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External links
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- Simi Awujo at Canada SoccerLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Living people
- 2003 births
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Atlanta
- Women's association football midfielders
- Canada women's international soccer players
- American women's soccer players
- USC Trojans women's soccer players
- Canadian sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- African-American soccer players
- American people of Nigerian descent
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- American emigrants to Canada
- Women's Premier Soccer League players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players for Canada
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- Manchester United W.F.C. players
- Women's Super League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in England
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen