Eniola "Eni" Aluko is one of British sport's most distinctive voices ¡ª a former international footballer whose post-playing career has stretched from boardrooms in Los Angeles to broadcast booths at the world's biggest tournaments. Across 104 caps for the England Lionesses, a season at Juventus and a trophy-laden spell with Chelsea, she helped reshape the modern women's game and represented Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics.
Off the pitch, Eni qualified as a UK Sports & Entertainment solicitor before making history in 2021 as the inaugural Sporting Director of Angel City FC. A long-standing presence on ITV, Amazon Prime and Fox Sports, she speaks with authority on women's leadership, diversity & inclusion, and the commercial rise of women's sport, and has delivered keynotes for Bloomberg, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase and Forbes. She holds ambassadorial roles with Adidas, UEFA and Refuge.
As Ambassador for Goal Getters, the flagship UEFA and CAF partnership using football for social change, Eni leads outreach on vaccination confidence across Africa, with a focus on cervical cancer prevention among women and girls. She sits on the board of Charity:Water and was awarded an MBE in 2023 for services to football and charity.
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