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Funmi Fadoju
English netball player (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Fadoju plays for London Pulse in the Netball Super League.
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Early life
Fadoju is from Dagenham, London.[1] She attended Eastbury Community School, and won a schools cross-country competition in 2017.[2]
Domestic career
London Pulse
Fadoju is 1.76 metres (5.8 ft) tall, which is comparatively short for a defender.[3][4] She made her Netball Super League 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 Super League 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]
She helped Pulse reach the Netball Super League Grand Final in 2023 however they ultimately lost to Loughborough Lightning, and she was also part of the 2024 squad that finished third after defeat in the play-off semi finals.[8]
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International career
Fadoju represented England under-21s at the 2019 Netball Europe Under-21 Championships.[9] She was aged 16 at the time.[10]
Fadoju received her first senior callup for the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series,[10] 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 to win Silver. 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]
She was named in the squad for the 2025 Netball Nations Cup and was named player of the match in the final against South Africa where England won gold.[11]
Honours
England
- Netball World Cup: Silver: 2023
- Netball Nations Cup: 2025 Runner up: 2024
- Taini Jamison Trophy: 2024
London Pulse
- Netball Super League: Runners up: 2023
Individual Awards
Netball Super League
References
External links
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