Funmi Fadoju (born 15 August 2002) is an English netball player, who has represented the national team since 2022, and was a member of the England team that came second at the 2023 Netball World Cup. At club level, Fadoju plays for London Pulse in the Netball Superleague.
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| Born |
15 August 2002 Dagenham, London, England | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| School | Eastbury Community School | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): Goal defence, Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||
| 2020–present | London Pulse | 39 | ||||||||||||
| (Correct as of 18:35, 12 January 2023 (UTC)) | ||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| c. 2019 | England U21 | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | England | 9 | ||||||||||||
| (Correct as of 09:57, 16 January 2023 (UTC)) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editFadoju is from Dagenham, London.[1] She attended Eastbury Community School, and won a schools cross-country competition in 2017.[2]
Club career
editFadoju is 1.76 metres (5.8 ft) tall, which is comparatively short for a defender.[3][4] She made her Netball Superleague debut for London Pulse in March 2020; she came on in the third quarter of Pulse's opening match of the season.[5] She won the Netball Superleague Young Player of the Season award in both 2021 and 2022 seasons.[6] Fadoju once played a whole match with a headphone in by accident.[7]
International career
editFadoju represented England under-21s at the 2019 Netball Europe Under-21 Championships.[8] She was aged 16 at the time.[9]
Fadoju received her first senior callup for the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series,[9] and made her debut for the senior team in their 2022 series against Uganda.[3] She was not selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3] She played for England in their tour of Australia.[4][6] In the final game of the series, she was the player of the match with 17 deflections.[4] In December 2022, Netball Scoop named Fadoju joint sixth in their list of world's best players.[4][3] Fadoju was selected for the 2023 Netball World Cup, and played in the final, where England lost to Australia. She did not play in the 2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, but returned to the squad for their December 2023 series against South Africa.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Funmi Fadoju is only 5ft 9in but has laser-sharp eyes and is netball's next big thing". The Times. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "School Sport: Eastbury claim cross-country honours". Barking & Dagenham Post. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d "England netball: Funmi Fadoju on rise as Roses prepare to take on Jamaica". BBC Sport. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Netball Scoop World's Best Netballer 2022". Netball Scoop. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Eboni Usoro-Brown hails London Pulse's Funmi Fadoju as teenager shines". Sky Sports. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Donnell's dream moment; Roses' rising star 'makes herself known': Talking Points". Fox Sports. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b "England Netball: Funmi Fadoju on being clumsy, her rapid rise & idolising Geva Mentor". BBC Sport. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "England squad selected for Netball Europe U21 Championships". News of the South. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Funmi Fadoju". England Netball. Retrieved 12 January 2023.