Super Falcons Striker Asisat Oshoala Officially Picks Up Her Pichichi Award

Super Falcons Striker Asisat Oshoala Officially Picks Up Her Pichichi Award

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:20 PM
  • Asisat Oshoala has received her Pichichi award after scoring 20 goals for Barcelona Femeni
  • The Nigerian international star edged Real Madrid's Geyse Ferriera to the prestigious award
  • Oshoala helped Barcelona Femeni win the 2021/2022 Primera Iberdrola with a perfect record

Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala officially received her Pichichi award, for finishing as the top scorer during the 2021/22 Spanish Primera Division women's league.

The Nigerian international netted 20 goals during the campaign to beat Real Madrid's Geyse Ferreira to the award in May, as the league's top scorer.

Statistics have it that Oshoala and Geyse were tied on 20 goals, but the Barcelona Femeni star also played 19 games and made three assists.

Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons, Barcelona, Pichichi
Asisat Oshoala has received her Pichichi award for 20 goals for Barcelona Femeni. Photo: Quality Sport Images.
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Geyse on the other hand, registered the goals in 27 matches and managed just one assist during the entire campaign.

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It was noted that Barcelona Femeni won the 2021/2022 Primera Iberdrola with a perfect record of 30 wins from 30 matches, scoring 159 goals and conceding just 11 times in the process.

Oshoala honoured during WICC award

Meanwhile, Oshoala was rewarded for her role in advancing women's soccer during the Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC).

The Barcelona Femeni striker received the prize at the annual WICC Best XI award on Monday, joining England national team coach Sarina Wiegman.

Other recipients at the awards were journalists Jeff Kassouf and Anna Kessel, American soccer chief Cindy Parlow Cone, and Ally Chief Marketing Officer Andrea Brimmer.

The Nigerian is the first African female player to feature in the English league, having previously played for Liverpool and Arsenal, and going on to win the 2015 Women’s FA Cup with the Gunners.

Fans hail impressive Oshoala

Sports Brief earlier reported that Nigerian fans have expressed happiness, after noticing the official Twitter account of Barcelona Femeni called striker Oshoala 'agba baller' after her impressive game.

Agba baller is a Yoruba phrase used to describe an experienced and good footballer on the pitch.

According to the post Barcelona posted via their account on the social media platform, many Nigerians were surprised and impressed that the club used Yoruba language to hail Oshoala.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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