Funmi Fadoju (born 15 August 2002) is an English netball player, who has represented the national team since 2022. At club level, Fadoju plays for

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in the

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Early life

Fadoju is from

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, London. She attended Eastbury Community School, and won a schools

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competition in 2017.

Club career

Fadoju is tall, which is comparatively short for a defender. She made her

debut for

in March 2020; she came on in the third quarter of Pulse's opening match of the season. She won the

Young Player of the Season award in both

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and 2022 seasons.

International career

Fadoju represented England under-21s at the 2019

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Under-21 Championships. She was aged 16 at the time. Fadoju received her first senior callup for the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series, and made her debut for the senior team in their 2022 series against Uganda. She was not selected for the

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. She played for England in their tour of Australia. In the final game of the series, she was the player of the match with 17 deflections. In December 2022, Netball Scoop named Fadoju joint sixth in their list of world's best players.

References

External links

Netball Superleague Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fadoju, Funmi 2002 births Living people English netball players London Pulse players Black British sportswomen Netball Superleague players