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Place of birth
  
Akure, Nigeria

Name
  
Florence Ajayi

Current team
  
Pogon Szczecin

Playing position
  
Defender

Height
  
1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)


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Full name
  
Florence Kikelomo Ajayi

Date of birth
  
(1977-04-28) 28 April 1977 (age 38)

Florence Kikelomo Ajayi is a Nigerian football defender, currently playing for Dínamo Guadalajara in the Spanish Second Division.

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Career

Ajayi started her career in the Nigerian Championship for Koko Queens, Rivers Angels, Jagede Babes and Pelican Stars. After playing the 1999 World Cup she signed for 1.FFC Niederkirchen in the German Bundesliga, where she spent two seasons. Returning to Nigeria, she played for Police Machine and Bayelsa Queen until 2008 when she moved to Tianjin Teda in the Chinese Super League. In 2010, she returned to the European leagues one decade later, playing successively for Krka Novo Mesto in Slovenia, Pogoń Szczecin in Poland and Dínamo Guadalajara in the Spanish second tier.

International

As a member of the Nigerian national team she won five African Championships in a row between 1998 and 2006, and took part in the 1999 and 2003 World Cups and the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She served as the Nigerian women team's captain.

References

Florence Ajayi Wikipedia