Asisat Oshoala stole the spotlights after she scored Nigeria’s third goal in a five-goal thriller against FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup co-hosts, Australia.
The Barcelona forward netted a 77th-minute strike to take his World Cup tally to three goals which equaled her number of appearances in separate editions of the tournament.
Oshoala was subbed on in the game against Australia in the 64th minute after he missed the first game against Canada due to a knock.
The former Arsenal forward made her debut in the tournament count as she scored the third goal in Nigeria’s 3-2 win over Australia.
Oshoala cushioned Nigeria’s narrow 2-1 lead after goals from Uchenna Kanu and Osinahci canceled out Australia’s early lead from Emily van Egmond.
Oshoala’s first World Cup goal was against Sweden in 2015 in Canada in a six-goal thriller draw in the group stages.
Her second World Cup goal came in a 2-0 win over Asian side, South Korea, in 2019 in France.
Who is Asisat Oshoala?
Asisat Oshoala is a Nigerian professional football player plying his trade with FC Barcelona in Spanish Liga and Nigeria women’s national team.
Oshoala is the face of national women football in Nigeria and Africa. She is known for her incredible striking abilities and a good flair with the ball. Oshoala is regarded as one of the greatest African women footballers of all time and has not disappointed on the global stage.
She has won African Footballer of the year Award for a record five times – the most number of times a player has won the award.
Asisat Oshoala career
Asisat Oshoala is an indigenously-groomed Nigerian footballer. She started her career at FC Robo Queens, a Nigerian professional women football club based in Lagos, Nigeria’s and Africa’s biggest commercial city.
Oshoala played for FC Robo Queens for five years from 2009 to 2013 before joining another top Nigerian professional women football club, Rivers Angel of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a southern state located in the Delta Belt of River Niger and Benue.
Oshoala played for two years for Rivers Angel before joining Liverpool in Women Super League, a top tier women football league in England.
Oshoala played for only one year for Liverpool, making 9 appearances for the club, scoring 3 goals. In 2016, she joined Arsenal and spent a season with the club, making 11 appearances, and scoring 8 goals.
After her spell with Arsenal, Asisat Oshoala joined Chinese top side, Dallian Quanjian, where she made 20 appearances, scoring 23 goals.
She spent two years at the club and was loaned in her last year to Barcelona in 2019. After an impressive loan spell with Barcelona, Oshoala was signed on a permanent deal. During her loan spell, Asisat Oshoala scored 7 goals in 7 appearances for the club.
She has bagged 83 goals in 89 appearances for Barcelona after her loan deal was made permanent.
Asisat Oshoala national team career
Save her heroic club career, Asisat Oshoala played for Nigeria U20 in 2014 and made her senior national women’s team debut in 2013.
Asisat Oshoala honours
Oshoala has won several national, club and individual honors and titles. She has won the FA Women’s Cup with Arsenal, Chinese Women’s Super League with Dallian Quanjian, 4 Primeira Division titles, 2 UEFA Women’s Champions League, 3 Supercopa de Espana Femenina, and 3 Copa de la Reina with Barcelona. She won the Primeira top scorer award in 2021/22 season and Chinese Women’s Super League top scorer award in 2017.
Asisat Oshoala has won three Women AFCON titles with the Nigeria Super Falcons. She won the 2014, 2016, and 2018 Women AFCON titles. She is five times African Women’s Footballer of the Year.
Asisat Oshoala style of play
Asisat Oshoala played as an attacking midfielder before developing into a full-blown striker. She is known for her agility, pace and great goal-scoring skills.
She is popularly known as “Agba baller” in Nigeria which means, “Legendary footballer.”
Asisat Oshoala Barcelona contract, salary and net worth
Oshoala joined Barcelona previously on a season-long loan deal in 2019 from Dallian Quanjian before signing a permanent contract till 2022. After an impressive outing with the club, Asisat Oshoala was offered a two-year contract extension till 2024. She earns £10,400 weekly at Barcelona and has a net worth of $1.5m and equivalent of over 620million in Nigerian currency.
