Eseosa Aigbogun

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Eseosa Aigbogun
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Personal information
Full name Eseosa Mandy Aigbogun [1]
Date of birth (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward, Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Youth career
2004–2009 FC Dietikon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 FC Zürich
2011–2016 FC Basel 107 (46)
2016–2018 Turbine Potsdam 33 (3)
2018–2023 Paris FC 87 (0)
2023– Roma 0 (0)
International career‡
2013– Switzerland 91 [2] (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Eseosa Mandy Aigbogun (born 23 May 1993) is a Swiss football forward, playing for Roma and for the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

Aigbogun (19) playing against Sweden in 2015 Sweden - Switzerland, 5 April 2015 (17022514196).jpg
Aigbogun (19) playing against Sweden in 2015

Aigbogun started her career playing for FC Zürich and later FC Basel, both in the Swiss Nationalliga A. Since her debut in September 2013, a 9–0 win over Serbia, she has been a member of the Switzerland national team. [3]

Aigbogun rejected a transfer offer from SC Freiburg of the Frauen-Bundesliga in 2014.

She eventually moved to Germany in 2016, signing for Turbine Potsdam. [4]

International career

She was concerned that a failure to settle abroad could cost her a place in the Swiss national squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, [5] where she scored one goal against Ecuador.

Personal life

Aigbogun's father emigrated from Nigeria to work as a pastor in Zürich. Therefore, she was eligible to play for the Nigerian national team, before deciding to represent Switzerland. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Players – Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
  4. ↑ "Turbine Potsdam verpflichtet Aigbogun". sport.de.
  5. ↑ "Aigbogun Turns Down Freiburg Move". SL10.ng. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eseosa Aigbogun: Mit Vaters Segen auf Torejagd" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.


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