Following her outstanding performance for the FC Barcelona Feminine and Super Falcons of Nigeria, Asisat Oshoala has been nominated for the Women’s Ballon D’Or.
European Football Union on Wednesday evening released the list of the women players nominated for the coveted award.
Despite injury worry, Oshoala emerged as the top scorer of the Spanish Iberdrola league for the second consecutive season.
Her goals also helped the Catalan-based club to retain its domestic and European title.
The Nigerian international also lived up to the billing at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup scoring Nigeria’s 3rd goal in the game against Australia.
Oshoala was nominated alongside 29 other outstanding players for the year.
Full Nominees
D. Kadidiatou
L. Caicedo
A. Redondo
🏴 R. Daly
F. Rolfo
O. Carmona
🏴 G. Stanway
A. Ilestedt
H. Raso
S. Smith
S. Paralluelo
🏴 M. Bright
H. Miyazawa
L. Oberdorf
D. Van Domselaar
Sam Kerr
Debinha
Patricia Guijarro
Ewa Pajor
Guro Reiten
Aitana Bonmati
Alex Popp
Yui Hasegawa
Jill Roord
Katie McCabe
Wendie Renard
Asisat Oshoala
🏴 Mary Earps
Mapi Leon
Khadija Shaw
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