Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has been nominated as one of the contenders for the 2022 women’s Ballon d’Or.
The 20-woman list was revealed on Friday, August 2022.
The exploits of the 27-year-old Nigerian with Barcelona Femeni during the recently concluded 2021–2022 season earned her the nomination.
Clariform recalls that Asisat Oshoala also won the 2022 CAF female African footballer of the year ahead of Ajara Nichout of Cameroon and Grace Chanda of Zambia on Thursday, July 21 in Rabat, Morocco for the record 5th time.
Despite missing three months of the season because of reoccurring ailments, Oshoala was awarded the golden boot in the Spanish Primera Division last season.
She scored 20 goals in 19 league appearances for Barcelona Femeni and shared the award with Geyse Ferreira of Madrid CFF, who netted 20 goals in 27 appearances.
Other nominees for the women’s Ballon d’Or include Chelsea’s Mille Bright, Alex Morgan of the USA, and the France quartet of Selma Bacha, Kadidiatou Diani, Wendie Renard, and Marie Katoto.
The winners of both the male and female categories will be announced on October 17.
