Cynthia Onyedikachi Aku (born 31 December 1999) is a Nigerian

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, who plays as a

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for

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's association football, women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. ...

in the

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. She represented Nigeria at youth level, before making her debut for the senior team.

Club career

Aku played in her country for

Rivers Angels Rivers Angels F.C. (formerly Larry Angels F.C.) is a Nigerian professional football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria. They play in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the top flight in the national female soccer league pyramid ...

in the

Nigeria Women Premier League The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for male players. The Nigeria Wome ...

. In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey, and joined the

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-based club

Kireçburnu Spor Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football () is a women's association football, women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of the 1951-established Foot ...

to play in the

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. On 14 October 2022, she transferred to

for the 2022-23 Women's Super League season.

International career

At the

2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup The 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup was the second edition of the international women's football event for teams from Zone B of the West African Football Union (WAFU). The competition was hosted by Ivory Coast, and Ghana were the defending champions ...

, Aku was named player of the match in Nigeria's 15–0 victory against

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

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* 1999 births Living people Women's association football forwards Nigerian women's footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen Rivers Angels F.C. players Nigeria women's international footballers Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Turkish Women's Football Super League players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Kireçburnu Spor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players {{Nigeria-women-footy-bio-stub