Eni Aluko

Eniola Aluko is a former professional footballer who represented Chelsea, Juventus and England making 104 appearances over 11 years and playing for Great Britain in 2012 London Olympics.

She leads a multi-hyphenate career after graduating from Brunel University with a First class honors in Law (LLB) and qualified as a UK soorts and entertainment solicitor. She is a football broadcaster, philanthropist and nominated author for her autobiography They don’t teach this (2019).

She appears regularly as a football analyst for ITV, Amazon and Fox Sports, covering the biggest international and club competitions across men’s and women’s football also creating her own show Hyphenated People.. She has held executive roles as the first sporting director at Angel City FC in Los Angeles and is currently an investor and adviser at multi women’s club ownership investment group Mercury 13. She founded travel and culture brand Hyphen.

Eni is passionate about health and wellbeing, self-image, confidence and equality of opportunity for girls and women all over the world. She holds ambassadorial roles for Adidas and Chelsea FC and has delivered keynote speeches for some of the world’s renowned corporate businesses such as Nomura Bank, Barclays, Deloitte, Avon, JPMC., Forbes, WPP and Bloomberg on subjects including high performance, diversity & inclusion, leadership, team culture, mentorship and other topics bridging sport & business.

She was honoured with an MBE in November 2023.

Eni’s passions include travel, creative arts, fashion, food and chess!