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Oshoala wins African Women’s Footballer of the Year award

Asisat Oshoala has been named the Women’s Player Of The Year in Africa.

Oshoala won African Women’s Footballer of the Year award on Thursday in Ghana, after dusting off challenge from Cameroon’s Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and South Africa’s Chrestina Kgatlana.

The former Arsenal Ladies and Liverpool Ladies inspired her Chinese side Dalian Quanjian to a double with 19 goals.

Speaking after at the ceremony Oshoala said “When I left my team at Arsenal and moved to China, a lot of people said to me my career is finished. But I told myself I can do this. Here I am today.”

The is the 10th time a Nigerian woman has been named CAF Women’s Player of the Year, following Mery Akide in 2001, Perpetua Nkwocha (2004, 2005, 2010 & 2011), Cynthia Uwak (2006 & 2007) and Oshoala in (2014 & 2016).

Sporting Tribune

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