| Intro | Nigerian footballer | ||
| Is | Athlete Football player Association football player | ||
| From | Nigeria | ||
| Type | Sports | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 9 October 1994, Ikorodu | ||
| Age | 26 years | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Ladies of the FA WSL as a forward. She was named best player and was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women’s Championship.
Club career
On 23 January 2015, Oshoala joined Liverpool Ladies. Liverpool manager, Matt Beard called her “one of the best young players in the world”. Although rumours had linked her with other clubs, she was very happy to join Liverpool.
Oshoala missed two months of the 2015 season with a knee injury, as defending champions Liverpool finished seventh of eight teams. In January 2016 Liverpool reported that a transfer bid from Arsenal Ladies had activated the release clause in Oshoala’s contract and that she was discussing personal terms with the London club.
International career
Oshoala found success as a forward for Nigeria’s youth teams but made most of her early appearances for the senior national team as an attacking midfielder. She was nicknamed “Seedorf” after male footballer Clarence Seedorf and has also been referred to as “Superzee” by her teammates.
She was named best player and with seven goals was also the top goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women’s Championship. She also won the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2015.
In September 2014 Oshoala was made a Member of the Order of the Niger by President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan.
On 8 June 2015 in Winnipeg, Canada, Oshoala opened her senior FIFA Women’s World Cup account by scoring Nigeria’s second goal in a 3–3 draw with Sweden.
Personal life
Oshoala incurred the wrath of her parents when she dropped out of school to pursue a football career. She attributes her dislike of household pets to being a Muslim.
Honours
International
Nigeria- African Women’s Championship (2): 2014, 2016
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Runner-up: 2014
Club
Rivers Angels- Nigerian Women’s Championship (1): 2014
- Nigerian Women’s Cup (2): 2013, 2014
- FA Women’s Cup (1): 2015–16
Individual
- BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2015
- Queen of The Pitch Award: 2014
- African Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2014,
- African Women’s Youth Player of the Year: 2014,
- African Women’s Championship Golden Ball: 2014
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Golden Boot: 2014
- FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Golden Ball: 2014
- African Women’s Player of the Year: 2016
- Hunter, Steve (26 May 2015). “Oshoala wins top BBC accolade”. Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- Enyeama, Oshoala King and Queen at Nigeria Pitch Awards
- ^ Njoku, Humphrey (9 January 2015). “Oshoala wins Caf player award”. SuperSport. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- “Oshoala, Oparanozie claim individual honours”. CAF. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- AfricaNews (2017-01-07). “[LIVE] Algerian Riyad Mahrez is 2016 African Player of the Year”. Africanews. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
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