Open main menu

Search
The annual celebration of Africa is Open! Climate & Weather Enter your photos, video, and audio

Asisat Oshoala
Article Talk
Language
Download PDF
Watch
Edit
Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Nigeria women's national team.[3] Widely regarded as one of the greatest African female footballers of all time and one of the best in the world,[4][5] she is one of the most celebrated African female footballers of all time, and she won African Women's Footballer of the Year a record five times.[6][7]
Asisat Oshoala
Oshoala with Barcelona in 2019
Personal informationFull nameAsisat Lamina Oshoala[1]Date of birth9 October 1994 (age 28)[2]Place of birthIkorodu, NigeriaHeight1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]Position(s)ForwardClub information
Current team
BarcelonaNumber20Youth careerRoboSenior career*YearsTeamApps(Gls)2009–2013Robo2013–2015Rivers Angels(6)2015–2016Liverpool9(3)2016–2017Arsenal11(2)2017–2019Dalian Quanjian20(23)2019→ Barcelona (loan)7(7)2019–Barcelona89(83)International career2014Nigeria U20(7)2013–Nigeria(29)
Honours
Women's FootballRepresenting  NigeriaAfrican Championships2014 NamibiaNigeria2016 CameroonNigeria2018 GhanaNigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2023
Asisat 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. On 16 May 2021, Asisat became the first African woman to win the UEFA Champions League, after Barcelona defeated Chelsea 4–0 in the finals.[8] The following season, she became the first African woman to win the Primera División's Pichichi Trophy, and in August 2022 became the first African woman nominated to the Ballon d'Or.
Asisat 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.
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 in the Forbes 30 Under 30.[9] She is popularly called “Àgba Baller”, which means in her local palance, “Legendary Footballer”.
Club career
