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Oshoala has been in superlative form for the European champions.

Super Falcons of Nigeria captain, Asisat Oshoala, has renewed her contract with Spanish football heavyweights, FC Barcelona Femini. Oshoala who is currently nursing an injury shared pictures of her contract renewal signing on her social media platforms on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Her new deal will expire in 2024.

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Oshoala, 27, joined Barcelona in 2019 and has since scored 80 times in 101 appearances for the Champions League winners. The four-time African Footballer of the Year winner is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the club’s history and holds the record for being the first FCB Femini player to score in a UEFA Women’s Champions League final. Oshoala is currently leading the goal scorers chart for the 2021/2022 PrimeraIberdrola season with 19 goals in 16 appearances.

“Asisat Oshoala renewed her contract with FC Barcelona until June 30, 2024. The striker, who ended her association with the Club at the end of the season, has sealed her continuity for two more years alongside president Joan Laporta and manager Xavier Puig, in the Camp Nou presidential office,”

an official club statement read.


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The three-time Africa Women’s Cup of Nations winner also expressed excitement at renewing her deal with the Spanish champions.

“I am just happy to be in the best team in the world. Not just because of their football, because you look outside the pitch and because of how they treat footballers to keep improving,”

Oshoala said.

“I am a striker and I want to keep scoring more goals. I love it. The goal is to keep growing and to be happy. ”

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This article was first published on 11th March 2022

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