Since she broke into limelight when she represented Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada where she emerged as the top scorer with seven goals and was named the Player of the Tournament, Asisat Lamila Oshoala has not looked back in her flourishing career.
As a matter of fact, the 28-year-old Nigerian football queen who was born in Ikorodu, Lagos, has continued to make history, breaking and setting records. Today, she is adjudged as one of the greatest African female football player of all time and one of the best in the world.
Below are some incredible records of the football icon:
◾First African woman to play in the Women Super League.
◾ First African women to play for Arsenal and Liverpool
◾ First African woman to score in the Champions League
◾ First African woman to win the Champions League
Club feats:
Rivers Angels:
One Nigerian Women’s Championship
Two Nigerian Women’s Cup
Arsenal
One FA Women’s Cup:
Dalian Quanjian F.C.
Two Chinese Women’s Super League Trophies
FC Barcelona
Three Primera División Trophies
One UEFA Women’s Champions League
Two Supercopa de España Femenina
Two Copa de la Reina
International feats! NIGERIA:
Three African Women’s Championship
2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup runner-up
Individual Awards:
◾BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2015
◾Queen of The Pitch Award: 2014
◾CAF Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
◾CAF Women’s Youth Player of the Year: 2014
◾CAF Women’s Championship Golden Ball: 2014
◾CAF Women’s Championship Golden Boot: 2016
◾FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Golden Boot: 2014
◾FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Golden Ball: 2014
◾Primera División Top scorer: 2021–22
◾Chinese Women’s Super League Top scorer: 2017
◾IFFHS CAF Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020
◾IFFHS CAF Woman Team of the Decade 2021
• In October 2021, she was appointed unto FIFA’s technical advisory group on the growth and advancement of women’s football.
Remarkably, Oshoala also believes in giving back to the society. She launched the Asisat Oshoala Foundation in 2019 focused on empowering girl footballers in Africa. The foundation hosts the annual Asisat Oshoala Foundation Football4girls tournament in Lagos.
