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Simisola Feyishayo Awujo LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Simisola Feyishayo.wav(Yoruba: [sìmísólá fèjíʃàjɔ̀ àwùd͡ʒɔ̀]; born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Manchester United. Born in the United States and a former United States under-17 international, she represents Canada at senior international level.

Awujo began playing youth soccer at age seven with AFC Lightning in her hometown Peachtree City, Georgia, United States. Afterwards, she played youth soccer with NASA Tophat and Southern Soccer Academy, as well as three years of Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2014 to 2016. While at Woodward Academy, she competed in track and field, helping set school records in the 4x100 and 4x400.

In 2021, she began attending the University of Southern California, where she played college soccer for the USC Trojans. She scored her first goal on September 5, 2021, against the Western Michigan Broncos. In her first season, she played in all 20 games including 15 starts, scoring two goals and creating two assists primarily as a holding midfielder, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, she made 11 appearances, scoring two goals and three assists. She was named All-Pac 12 First Team as well as CSC Academic All-District Team. After her junior season in 2023, she appeared in 18 games, registering two assists, and was again named to the All-Pac 12 First Team. Academically she earned Scholar All-America third team, CSC Academic All-District and Pac-12 Honor Roll honors She departed prior to her senior year, having made a total of 49 appearances. She studied computer science and business and pursued her studies remotely while playing for Manchester United.

In summer 2023, Awujo appeared in the Women's Premier Soccer League for FC Premier Women, scoring one goal and making three assists in four appearances. She was named the Coastal Division Offensive Player of the Year and to the Coastal Division Best XI.

On August 9, 2024, Awujo signed a thee-year contract with English Women's Super League club Manchester United. She made her debut on September 21, as a 77th-minute substitute in an opening day 3–0 win at Old Trafford.

Competing for United in the May 2025 World Sevens Football tournament, she was named as the competition's breakout star.

Awujo was eligible to represent the United States (where she was born), Nigeria (where both her parents were born), and Canada (as her mother is a citizen).

In 2019, she represented the United States under-17 at a UEFA Women's Development Tournament in the Czech Republic. She was recalled to an under-17 training camp in 2020.

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