Asisat Oshoala has emerged again as African female footballer of the year after clinching the title yesterday at the Confederation of African Footballer award, the 2017 edition.
Amazingly no one ever thought, Oshoala will emerge winner of this title after she had left her former English club, Arsenal ladies club in England for Dalian Quanjian F.C. in China.
Nevertheless, success sought for her and her accumulated success in recent time made way for her amid several prospective recipient of the award in that category.
Meanwhile, you wouldnt get to know all there is about Asisat Oshoala until we take you through some amazing things about this outstanding Nigerian footballer.
That been said, here are 11 things you never knew about Asisat Oshoala.
1. Amazingly, Asisat Oshoala has played for two top female English club side namely. Arsenal ladies and Liverpool ladies.
2. Oshoala is such an outstanding player that that former manager of Chelsea Ladies Football Club and Liverpool Ladies Football Club Liverpool manager, Matt Beard once called her “one of the best young players in the world”
3. Do you know that Asisat Oshoala holds the Nigeria high ranking title, Member of the Order of Niger (MON).
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4. Oshoala got her parent mad at her after she dropped out of school to pursue her career in football.
5. She has been named thrice as African female footballer of the year. She got the title in 2014, 2016 and lately in 2017.
Asisat-Oshoala with her Number 24_Arsenal Jersey
6. Oshoala joined the Chinese Women‘s Super League in 2017, playing for Dalian Quanjian F.C.
7. In 2015, Asisat Oshoala clinched the title, BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year.
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8. She has been nicknamed Seedorf. Named after former AC Milan player, Clarence Seedorf due to their similar pattern of playing.
9. Oshoala started being a forward for the Nigeria youth team and later for the Senior National team as an attacking midfielder.
10. An unconfirmed report says, Oshoala turned down a marriage proposal in 2016 from a male fan after winning the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations championship held in Cameroon.
11. Oshoala’s place of birth is Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria.
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