Eniola Aluko

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Personal information
Eniola Aluko

Date of birth	February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21) (age 21)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chelsea
Number	TBA
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003-2007 2007-	Birmingham Ladies Charlton Athletic Chelsea L.F.C.
National team²
2004-present	England	26 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Eniola Aluko (born February 21, 1987) is a footballer, currently playing for Chelsea Ladies.

She started her career at Birmingham City Ladies alongside future England team-mate, Karen Carney. She scored on her Birmingham team debut against Leeds United, aged just 14.

Eniola was named Young Player of the Year at the Women’s FA Awards in 2003 and since then has grown into a young striker of huge promise.

Having come up through the ranks of the U19s and U21s, Eniola is now impressing at senior level. Her first appearance for the Senior team came at the age of 17 against Holland in 2004 with England winning 2-1.

Her pace has been utilised mainly from the bench in the last year and this attribute was at the fore when she sprinted onto a through ball from Emma Coss to score the winning goal in the 2005 FA Women’s Cup Final at Upton Park.

One of the most exciting young players in the women's game, Eniola has great pace and technical ability and has grown in stature, bringing an increased confidence and maturity to her game. She added to this her first England goal against the Czech Republic at Walsall in May 2005, and added two more in the 13-0 away win against Hungary in October.

Eniola added to her growing reputation by scoring twice in Charlton's 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the 2006 FA Nationwide Women's Premier League Cup Final.

While playing for England during Women's Euro 2005, Eni took for her A levels at St Mary's College, Blackburn, Lancashire, and now aims to pursue her career ambition in the legal profession. Her younger brother Sone is also an England U19 international, and is signed with Birmingham City FC having gone out on loan in August to Aberdeen FC in Scotland.

Due to the dissoultion of the Charlton ladies team Aluko joined Chelsea ladies in July 2007.

v • d • e England squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Brown • 2 A. Scott • 3 Stoney • 4 Chapman • 5 White • 6 Phillip • 7 Carney • 8 Williams • 9 Aluko • 10 K. Smith • 11 Yankey • 12 Asante • 13 Chamberlain • 14 Unitt • 15 S. Smith • 16 J. Scott • 17 Handley • 18 Sanderson • 19 Exley • 20 Johnson • 21 Telford • Coach: Powell