Eniola Aluko: the footballing whistleblower whose hero is Atticus Finch
Eniola Aluko: “There Was Nothing Like Me In Football” — REFORM THE FUNK
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Eniola Aluko (Juventus F.C. Women Soccer Player)
While Eniola mentions that she received support from her immediate family, she admits to struggling with her identity growing up as a young Nigerian girl on a Birmingham estate.
Aluko endured a difficult 2011 World Cup, but she was an instrumental part of England's 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign and featured at the tournament.
And you know, when it mattered, I scored goals.
She can be generous to a fault, but when hurt, she withdraws into a cloud of silence, eventually emerging from her reticence with jokes and laughter that cover up her true feelings.