Asisat Oshoala
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| Full name | Asisat Lamina Oshoala | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ikorodu, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Arsenal Ladies | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| FC Robo | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | FC Robo | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Rivers Angels | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Liverpool Ladies | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2016– | Arsenal Ladies | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Nigeria | 17 | (11) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:21, 3 September 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Ladies of the FA WSL as a forward. She was named best player and was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women's Championship.
On 23 January 2015, Oshoala joined Liverpool Ladies. Liverpool manager, Matt Beard called her "one of the best young players in the world". Although rumours had linked her with other clubs, she was very happy to join Liverpool.
Oshoala missed two months of the 2015 season with a knee injury, as defending champions Liverpool finished seventh of eight teams. In January 2016 Liverpool reported that a transfer bid from Arsenal Ladies had activated the release clause in Oshoala's contract and that she was discussing personal terms with the London club.
Oshoala found success as a forward for Nigeria's youth teams but made most of her early appearances for the senior national team as an attacking midfielder. She was nicknamed "Seedorf" after male footballer Clarence Seedorf and has also been referred to as "Superzee" by her teammates.
She was named best player and with seven goals was also the top goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women's Championship. She also won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2015.
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