Oshoala won African Women’s Footballer of the Year award on Thursday, after dusting off challenge from Cameroon’s Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and South Africa’s Chrestina Kgatlana.
The former Arsenal Ladies and Liverpool Ladies inspired her Chinese side Dalian Quanjian to a double with 19 goals.
This is the 10th time a Nigerian woman has been named Caf Women’s Player of the Year, following Mery Akide in 2001, Perpetua Nkwocha (2004, 2005, 2010 & 2011), Cynthia Uwak (2006 & 2007) and Oshoala in (2014 & 2016).
Asisat Oshoala is Women’s Player of the Year #aiteoCAFawards2017pic.twitter.com/AKOtM4iOFG — CAF (@CAF_Online) January 4, 2018
WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The final three nominees for the Women’s Player of the Year were Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala, South Africa’s Chrestina Kgatlana and Cameroon’s Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene.
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Asisat Oshoala | Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian |
| Chrestina Kgatlana | South Africa & UWC Ladies |
| Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene | Cameroon & CSKA Moscow |
The initial five nominees were:
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Asisat Oshoala | Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian |
| Chrestina Kgatlana | South Africa & UWC Ladies |
| Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene | Cameroon & CSKA Moscow |
| Rutendo Makore | Zimbabwe & Black Rhinos |
| Tabitha Chawinga | Malawi & Kvarnsvedens |
