Eniola Aluko

A high profile female footballer recognized worldwide as one of the top female forwards in the game, Eniola Aluko has a profile that is beyond impressive. At 25 years old, Eniola has over 50 caps playing for England women's senior team, and played professionally for 3 years in the WPS league in USA, scoring 19 goals in 50 WPS appearances. Eniola is a notable football ambassador for the Football Association and a patron of international sports charity Gladshouse.

If that isn't enough, Eniola has also excelled off the pitch by graduating with a First class honors in Law from Brunel University in 2008 and received an outstanding achievement in Sport presented by Her majesty the Queen.

Eniola will join Lee & Thompson law firm as a trainee solicitor in September 2012. Lee & Thompson are the leading Media and Entertainment law firm representing some of the world's highly acclaimed athletes, musicians, actors, producers and television personalities. This will provide a fitting opportunity for Eniola to develop a future legal practice at the firm which utilizes her first hand experiences as a professional footballer and serves the legal needs of individuals/companies in Sport and Entertainment.

Her interests outside of football range from fashion to politics which is demonstrated through her regular blog posts as a contributing writer for Yin & Yang blog.

Eniola's life motto is "Have a healthy disregard for the impossible".