By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Finnish-born Nigeria forward Roosa Ariyo Funmilayo joins Chinese Super League team Jiangsu FC for the 2025 season.
The 30-year-old forward joined the Chinese side from Finnish outfit, KuPS.
She spent two seasons with KuPS scoring 13 goals in 21 league games.
Ariyo also played for other Finnish sides like Honka, Jitex, and TiPS.
She also featured for Spanish Liga F women’s sides, UDG Tenerife (now Costa Adeje Tenerife) and Real Betis.
Before returning to Finland in 2023, she played for Club Brugge in Belgium.
After representing Finland at the U-20 level, she switched allegiance to Nigeria, playing a match during the Super Falcon’s 1-0 loss to Jamaica in an international friendly match.
Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.
