SUPER FALCONS PLAYER, ASISAT OSHOALA CLOSE TO CLINCHING THIRD CAF WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Super Falcons’ Asisat Oshoala, Francisca Ordega and Onome Ebi have made the final shortlist of of 11 players in contention for the CAF Africa Women’s Player of the Year award.
Asisat Oshoala has won three of the last five editions of the award, and in 2018 she helped the and also helped Nigeria’s Super Falcons win a 9th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title.
If she wins in Dakar, the former FC Robo Queens star will become the first Woman to ever win a hat-trick of the CAF Africa Women’s Player of the Year.
However, she’ll face tough competition from teammate Francisca Ordega and South Africa’s Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana, who was voted best player of the 2018 AWCON.
The winner will be announced on 8 January in Dakar, Senegal.
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