Oshoala has won the CAF Women’s Player of the year award for the fifth time.
The Scoper Media reports that Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala has been crowned 2022 CAF women’s Player of the Year.
The 27-year-old was announced the winner of the gong in the gala held in Rabat, Morrocco, on Thursday, July 21 2022.
The triumph is her fifth time winning the award — surpassing Perpetua Nkwocha, the former Falcons striker.
Oshoala had been adjudged the best African female football in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.
In the men’s category, Sadio Mane beat Mohamed Salah and Eduard Mendy to be crowned the 2022 CAF ‘Player of the Year’.
The men’s ‘Young Player of the Year’ was scooped by Pape Matar Sarr of Senegal and Tottenham Hotspur while Ghana’s Evelyn Badu won the women’s category.
