The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have sent birthday greetings to Super Falcons midfield star Halimatu Ayinde who turns 25 on Saturday, Completesports.com reports.
CAF and NFF took to their verified Twitter handles to celebrate Ayinde.
CAF wrote: “Happy birthday, Halimatu.
“A CAF AWCON winner in 2014 & 2016.”
And according to NFF: “Happy birthday to Super Falcons midfielder, Halimatu Ayinde.”
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Ayinde currently plays for Swedish club Eskilstuna United DFF who she joined in 2019 and has played 13 times for them.
Other clubs she has played for include Delta Queens, Western New York Flash, FC Minsk and Asarums IF.
She was part of the Falconets side that got to the final of the FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup in Canada, where they lost 1-0 to Germany in the final.
She featured at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA women’s World Cups in Canada and France respectively.
Also, she is a winner of two Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in 2014 and 2016.
By James Agberebi
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