Video of All What Oshoala Said After Winning the CAF Female Player of the Year Emerges

Video of All What Oshoala Said After Winning the CAF Female Player of the Year Emerges

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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  • Asisat Oshoala has expressed happiness after winning the 2022 CAF award as best Africa's female footballer
  • The Barcelona star thanked her teammates in Spain and in the Super Falcons for the supports she got from them
  • Oshoala also thanked the President of the Nigerian Football Federation Amaju Pinnick for the support

Nigerian striker Asisat Oshoala has thanked all the people who have helped her journey as a footballer after winning her 5th award on Thursday night, 21 July, at the CAF award.

It was an incredible night for the Super Falcons star who has now recorded her name in the history books of African football considering her records and performances.

According to the video spotted on Twitter, the Barcelona superstar thanked her teammates in Spain and those who are in Morocco for the 2022 AWCON.

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Asisat Oshoala expresses happiness after winning CAF award.
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Oshoala also thanked NFF President Amaju Pinnick for his efforts towards making Nigerian football great.

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Asisat Oshoala's statement after winning 5th award

“I got five today, five!
“First of all, I want to thank everyone that really helped me out throughout my career.
“2021/2022 season was really tough for me as an individual.
“I’d like to say thank you to everyone who stood by me. This year made me realize that if you don’t fall, you won’t know the meaning of a comeback.
“Special thanks to all my teammates from my club FC Barcelona, to my national team players- the amazing and best National team in the world, the Nigeria national team.
“Of course special thanks to my president, president Amaju Pinnick. Thank you so much for all the work you put in to make sure we have the best football in our national team.''

Ifeoma Onumonu looking sad after losing penalty emerges as her teammates relax inside pool

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how emotional photo emerged on social media where Super Falcons star Ifeoma Onumonu was spotted looking sad while her teammates were busy relaxing in the pool in Morocco.

This was hours after the Super Falcons suffered a defeat against Morocco in the semifinal of the 2022 African Women Cup of Nations in Ifeoma Onumonu lost a penalty.

Nigerian players labored in this encounter and played 50 minutes with 9 women before they eventually forced the tie into penalties after 120 minutes ended 1-1.

When the Super Falcons were 2-woman down, the Moroccans tried all their best to take the advantage, but they were unable to break down the defense of the Nigerians.

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