Olaitan Yusuf | |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2003–2004 |
Clubs1: | Pelican Stars |
Nationalteam1: | Nigeria |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 29 September 2003 |
Olaitan Yusuf (born 12th of January 1982) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a forward[1] [2] [3] for the Nigeria women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and has been a two-time Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year.[4]
Yusuf got onto the national stage with her first season in 2004, when she led D-II with 3.7 points and 1.75 goals per game where she drilled 35 goals and finished with 74 points which broke the Peach Belt Conference record and Clayton State Athletics Hall of Famer Nkiru Okosieme's 2001 program records of 33 goals and 72 points.[5] [6]