Nigeria’s Oshoala wins historic African Women footballer of the year for the fifth Time

Nigeria and Barcelona talisman Asisat Oshoala has been named the 2022 African Women’s Player of the Year

 

 

The 27-year-old picked the award on Thursday night ahead of Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon and Inter Milan) and Zambia international Grace Chanda (Zambia and BIIK Kazygurt).

 

With this, she becomes the first African to win this prestigious for a record five times, overtaking Perpetua Nkwocha who claimed the accolade on four occasions.

 

Oshoala had been adjudged the best African female football in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019

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