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.
Nosa Igiebor is one of the seven players to be dropped from Nigeria's final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The Real Betis midfielder and Parma's Joel Obi, who both faced Scotland in last week's 2:2 draw, have been plagued by injury this season. The other players to miss out are goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, midfielders Ejike Uzoenyi and Nnamdi Oduamadi.
Substitute Uche Nwofor's late strike denied Scotland victory against Nigeria at Craven Cottage.
Okocha was born in Enugu, Enugu State. He began playing football on the street just like many other football stars, usually with a makeshift ball.
African teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Nigerian keeper Vincent Enyeama thrilled by award - He said: "It's amazing, a great honour and I deeply appreciate it. I must first give glory to God, my team-mates, family and our beautiful fans for their remarkable support. "It's a reward for team effort and having great people in front of me. Together we've endured a tough but interesting season."
The Villarreal striker was not picked by Keshi, despite scoring 12 goals in the Spanish top flight this season. Uche has not played for his country since they won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa last year. The 30-year-old insists, however, that he holds no grudges against Keshi. "Of course as a professional footballer you'd love to represent your country, but I have never had bad words towards the national coach," Uche is widely regarded as one of Nigeria's most reliable strikers at international level and is one of his nation's all-time top scorers, with 18 goals in 45 appearances, behind Rashidi Yekini, Segun Odegbami and Yakubu Aiyegbeni.
Stoke striker Peter Odemwingie and Newcastle forward Shola Ameobi are in Nigeria's provisional 30-man World Cup squad for Brazil 2014.
Fixtures and results for the 2014 Confed Cup.
2013 champions: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Winners advance to group stage
African Players on the FIFA 100 list:
• Abédi Pelé (Ghana)
• El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
• George Weah (Liberia)
• Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
• Roger Milla (Cameroon)
Dynamo Kiev midfielder Lukman Haruna hopes he can still make Nigeria's World Cup squad. The 23-year old has not played for the Super Eagles since the last World Cup in South Africa.
