World Football body, FIFA has celebrated Nigerian International, Rasheedat Ajibade, on its website as part of the countdown to the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Ajibade, a forward in the women’s squad of Atletico Madrid, is one of Nigeria’s great hopes.
Super Falcons coach Randy Waldrum, had while discussing Ajibade with FIFA.com, said “I think she has the potential to be one of the best players in the world”.
He added that “…she is in no doubt an exciting attacker – technically unbelievable, great pace – who can scale the summit of the beautiful game.”
The Atletico Madrid star, who describes herself as the “girl with the blue hair”, holds similarly lofty ambitions for her burgeoning career.
Ajibade, 23, said her achievements thus far – which include finishing joint-top scorer at last year’s CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and excelling for Spanish giants Atletico Madrid – already represent something of a miracle.
She said “Looking backwards, l can’t comprehend (what I’ve done) considering how I grew up, and the kind of challenges I went through as a child”.
“Nothing to eat, walking on the streets, going to the market, selling, coming back late at night, sometimes going to help families like a ‘house-girl’ just to get a token or a penny to survive. Stuff like that, and yet you would still be treated like trash. It was really terrible. Now, I know that God has a plan for me.”
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