Oshoala Reveals What She Actually Wanted to Become Before Changing Her Career to Football

Oshoala Reveals What She Actually Wanted to Become Before Changing Her Career to Football

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:12 PM
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Nigerian and Barcelona striker Asisat Oshoala has stated emphatically that things were not rosy for her years back while growing up as her parents never wanted her to play football.

The focus and target of every parents in Nigeria is for their children to go to school and come out in flying colours before entering the labour market.

This was what the parents of Asisat Oshoala actually wanted for the Barcelona striker who claimed that she could have become a lawyer if not for career in football.

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Oshoala reveals how things were tough for her growing up with her parents.
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Asisat Oshoala explained that her parents were not happy with her years back when she would return from training dirty not knowing that she would eventually become a legend in football according to the report on Soccernet.

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“Growing up, I never had the intention to play football.

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“I wanted to be a lawyer. But I changed my mind because I saw I was good at playing football.
“In Africa, the girl child is expected to be at home to cook, to do the crazy house chores at home while the male child can go anywhere he wants.
“My parents did not want me to play football. I was always punished every time I got back home dirty, especially my dad because he wanted me to focus on school work.''

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