Asisat Lamina Oshoala born 9 October 1994 in Ikorodu,Nigeria.She’s a professional footballer who plays as a striker for both Spanish side FC Barcelona Femení in the Primera División and captains the Nigerian national team.Four-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year winner, Oshoala was named BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year in 2015.
Without her parents’ support,She says she had to hide to play football with her friends after school.
It was only her grandmother who is late now that supported her passion for football, often covering for her anytime she went out to play football.
FC Robo, a female club took a chance on her and that was when her story changed. She went on to play for Rivers Angels in Nigeria before she got her big break by signing for Liverpool Ladies.
She finally got her parent’s approval when she won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot of the 2014 FIFA U20’s Women’s World Cup.Since then,She has won the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year (2015) and has four African Women’s Player of the Year awards to her name.
Oshoala previously played for English clubs Arsenal and Liverpool, Chinese club Dailan, and Nigerian clubs Rivers Angels and FC Robo.She won the 2015 FA Women’s Cup with Arsenal; two league championships and a cup title with Dalian; and the 2019–20 Copa de la Reina and 2019–20 Supercopa de España Femenina with Barcelona. She was the first African (and Nigerian) player to score a goal in a UEFA Women’s Champions League final and has helped Barcelona reach the semi-finals three consecutive years, and one final.
Oshoala was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and was named best player at the tournament.She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women’s Championship.
Asisat Oshoala was named the EaglesTracker Nigeria Women’s Most Valuable Player of the Season in 2020/2021
On 16 May 2021,Asisat Oshoala becomes the first Nigerian and African woman to win Champions League.She is indeed an epitomised Ben Carson who never allowed his background to hold his back on the ground by going against all odds in spite of being raised in the slum.
In September 2014,Oshoala was made a Member of the Order of the Niger by President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan.In 2021,she was named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
