| Intro | American association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From |
United States of America Nigeria |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
18 June 1997, United States of America |
| Age | 23 years |
| Star sign | Gemini |
Sophia Omotola Omidiji (born June 18, 1997) is a Nigerian football player. She currently plays for the Nigerian U-20 Women National team and is signed to Dutch Club PSV/FC Eindhoven.
Early life
Sophia Omotola Omidiji was born on June 18, 1997, and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a Nigerian father and an American mother. She began playing football at the age of six. Omidiji played high school football for Sierra Vista High School where she is the all-time leading goal scorer including scoring 38 goals in her final season. She played at the school including the school’s first ever regional/State/NIAA Southern Nevada final. She also played club soccer with Las Vegas Premier Sports Academy for coach Eyal Dahan.
Playing career
PSV/FC Eindhoven
In August 2015, Omidiji signed with PSV/FC Eindhoven women team in the Netherlands after going on trial with Ado Den Haag Vroumen team.
International
Omidiji received her first national team call up with Nigeria women’s national under-20 football team for an African world cup U-20 qualification game against Democratic Republic of Congo in an away game in Kinshasa. She called the call up to the national team the “greatest honour of my life”.
She trained with the team in Abuja before heading to Kinshasa for the game against Congo where Nigeria won 2–1.
Personal
Omidiji’s father Lateef Omidiji was born and raised in Lagos but is an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria while her grandfather Bili is also an indegene of Abeokuta, Ogun State but was born and raised in Iju Ota in Ado/Ota Local Government Area. Her middle name “Omotola” is a yoruba name meaning a child is as worthy as wealth.