Asisat Lamina Oshoala was born on the 9th of October 1994, She is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Spanish side FC Barcelona Femení in the Primera División 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 the second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women's Championship.
Asisat Oshoala joined Arsenal Ladies in March 2016 from Liverpool.The striker started her career at Nigerian Lower Division side FC Robo before moving up a league to join Rivers Angels in 2013, where she spent two years.
Oshoala then made the move abroad to sign for Liverpool Ladies. The 26-year-old was voted the best player at the African Women’s Championship during the Super Falcons' triumph in 2014.
Oshoala’s impressive debut season in the Women’s Super League saw her win the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award in 2015.
One reason she is our woman crush Sunday is, she is ever improving, in her words, "Personally I’m feeling great. I’ve been improving and feel I fit better into the way the team plays. I’ve been scoring goals in the preseason and things are going well".
In 2020, Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala helped Barcelona grab a record seventh Spanish Copa de la Reina title for the 2019-20 season following a 3-0 victory over Logrono in Malaga on Saturday.
The Nigerian delivered an impressive performance in attack as the Blaugranas claimed their second major title in the 2019-20 term after reclaiming the league crown for the first time since 2015.
Despite scoring 16 goals in 20 outings this term, Oshoala was left on the bench after she failed to hit the net in two games and came on as a second-half substitute to guarantee her side's win. Oshoala was in action for the final 25 minutes of the match to celebrate her second major title triumph for Barcelona, after clinching her first league title in Europe last summer.
After the title win for Barcelona, the Super Falcons captain heads out in high spirits to Antalya, where Nigeria aim to become the first African side to claim the Turkish Women's Cup.
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