Asisat Oshoala

Profile Overview

Asisat Lamina Oshoala OON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Hilal and the Nigeria national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best female football players of her generation, and is one of the most celebrated African female footballers of all time, having won African Women's Footballer of the Year a record six times.
Oshoala previously played for the English clubs Arsenal and Liverpool, the Chinese club Dalian, and the Nigerian clubs Rivers Angels and FC Robo. She won the 2015 FA Women's Cup with Arsenal, two league championships and a cup title with Dalian, and the 2019–20 Copa de la Reina and the 2019–20 Supercopa de España Femenina with Barcelona. In 2019, she became the first African player to score a goal in a UEFA Women's Champions League final, and in 2021 she became the first African woman to win the UEFA Champions League. The following season, she became the first African woman to win the Primera División's Pichichi Trophy, and in August 2022 she was the first African woman nominated to the Ballon d'Or Féminin. In 2024, Oshoala became the first African player to win the UEFA Champions League three times.
Oshoala was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and was named the best player at the tournament. She was also named the best player and second highest goal scorer with the Super Falcons team, which won the 2014 African Women's Championship.
In September 2014, Oshoala was made a Member of the Order of the Niger by President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan. In 2021, she was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30. She is popularly called "Àgba Baller", which means "Legendary Footballer" in her local parlance. In July 2023, after her performance against Australia in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Oshoala became the first African female footballer with a million followers on Instagram.