Wasila Diwura-Soale

Wasila Diwura-Soale (born 1 September 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Ghana national team.

Diwura-Soale played for Ghana at U-17 level in 2012 and was part of the Black Maidens squad that placed third at the 2012 World Cup in Azerbaijan. She also featured for the Ghana U-20 team, the Black Princesses, at the 2014 and 2016 World Cups in Canada and Papua New Guinea respectively.

Club career Diwura-Soale started her professional football career with Ghana Women’s Premier League club Hasaacas Ladies. During her time with the club, she won the league in three consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015.

On 10 June 2024, it was announced that Diwura-Soale had signed with Tampa Bay Sun ahead of the inaugural USL Super League season.

College career

Navarro Bulldogs, 2017–2018 In 2017, Diwura-Soale moved to the United States at the back of her performances with the Ghana U20 at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She joined Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, for head coach Alicia Wilson. Wilson convinced Diwura-Soale to pursue a degree as part of her preparations into going professional after she had wanted to pursue a professional football career right away. In her first season, she accumulated 36 points in the as she scored 12 goals including 4 match winning goals and made 12 assists in 17 games.

The following season, she improved on her previous season by accumulating 52 points through 18 goals including 5 match winning goals and 16 assists in 19 games to help them reach the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). In her two-year stint with the Bulldogs, she was a two-time, NJCAA First Team All-American, making her only the third Navarro player in history to earn that honour.

Lamar Lady Cardinals, 2019 After two seasons with Navarro, she transferred to Lamar University where she joined the Lamar Lady Cardinals in 2019. In August 2021, she graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor's degree in humanities and social science. Diwura-Soale graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in August 2021.

International career

Youth Diwura-Soale made her youth debut for Ghana for the under-17s in 2012.

In 2014, she was part of the Under-20 team that played at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada. The following year, Diwura-Soale played a key role in 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, helping Ghana to qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea. She made the final squad for the world cup and played in all three group stage matches as Ghana were eliminated at that stage. On 22 July 2016, she made her debut for the Black Queens in a humiliating 11–0 defeat to Germany, she started the match, played 51 minutes before being substituted for Mary Essiful. After a four-year national hiatus, Diwura-Soale earned a call up to senior national team in July 2021 ahead of the Aisha Buhari Cup and 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria. She played the first match of the Aisha Buhari Cup against South African women's national team on 17 September 2021, which Ghana lost by 3–0.

Honours Hasaacas Ladies

Ghana Women's Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Tampa Bay Sun USL Super League: 2024–25

Ghana U17

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup third place: 2012 Individual

NCAA All-Region Team: 2022 All-SEC Second Team: 2022 NJCAA First Team All-American: 2017, 2018