Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has celebrated with Asisat Oshoala for finishing as the top scorer in the Spanish Women division.
Oshoala who concluded the season with 20 goals and three assists in 19 games despite a three month injury-induced layoff.
While reacting to Oshoala’s top scorer’s award, FIFA described her performance for Barcelona this term as perfect.
“20 goals and a perfect club season.
“@AsisatOshoala has always been unstoppable!“ FIFA wrote on their Women’s World Cup Twitter handle.
Geyse Ferreira of Real Madrid also scored 20 goals but did it in 27 appearances and recorded one assist. Oshoala becomes the first African to ever achieve this feat in Spain.
Oshoala’s team will also play Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Copa La Reina.
Meanwhile, Oshoala is among the 32 players invited for a two-week camp in Morocco ahead of this year’s CAF Women’s Cup of Nations.
Oshoala was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and was named best player at the tournament.
She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women’s Championship. Oshoala was also a member of the Super Falcons team who won the African Women’s Championship in 2016 and 2018. She scored three goals in the 2018 Edition in Ghana.
