Asisat Oshoala
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Personal information
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
Club information
Current team
Arsenal Ladies
Number
24
Dalian Quanjian Season 2017
Youth career
FC Robo
Senior career
FC Robo
2009-2013
Rivers Angels
2013-2015
Liverpool Ladies
2015
9x apps / 3x goals
Arsenal Ladies
2016
11x apps / 2x goals
Dalian Quanjian F.C.
2017-
0x apps / 0x goals
National team
Nigeria
2011-
17x apps / 11x goals
(* 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)
Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Chinese side Dalian Quanjian F.C. in the Chinese Women's Super League 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.
Club career
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.
On 10 February 2017, Chinese club Dalian Quanjian F.C. officially signed Oshoala.
International career
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.
In September 2014 Oshoala was made a Member of the Order of the Niger by President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan.
On 8 June 2015 in Winnipeg, Canada, Oshoala opened her senior FIFA Women's World Cup account by scoring Nigeria's second goal in a 3:3 draw with Sweden.
The 52-year-old, who became the first Nigerian to lead the side into the second round at a World Cup, is attracting the interest of other countries.
He becomes the sixth manager to leave his job during the World Cup, following the departures of Honduras's Luis Suarez, Iran's Carlos Queiroz, Japan's Alberto Zaccheroni, Italy's Cesare Prandelli and Ivory Coast's Sabri Lamouchi.
Keshi, who captained Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup finals, was previously in charge of Mali and Togo.
LAST SIXTEEN
30th June 2014
France vs Nigeria 2:0
Teams who have reached the round of the last sixteen
Nigeria vs Argentina 2:3
Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:0
Iran vs Nigeria 0:0
The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.
The United States completed their World Cup preparations with victory over Nigeria.
Keshi feels these games have given him and his players an insight into what lies ahead. "All I need is the mentality and discipline to dominate the game and take chances," he added. "In friendlies you can correct your mistakes but in a tournament it can cost us dearly.
