In order to support the growth of football on the continent, Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has urged African Football Federations to unify.
Thembi Kgatlana of South Africa and Barbara Banda of Zambia were defeated by the Barcelona Femeni star to win the 2023 Women’s Player of the Year title, thereby maintaining her title as the queen of African football.
Oshoala was a key member of the Nigerian squad that advanced to the FIFA Women’s World Cup round of sixteen and contributed significantly to Barcelona’s triumph the previous season.
The 29-year-old stated during her acceptance speech at the CAF Awards that Africa may win the FIFA World Cup given the success of both the male and female teams in the most recent competitions.
“I urge all the federations in Africa, to please and please come together,” an emotional Oshoala said.
“Let’s work together and build our continent. Let’s make it the best in the world, it is very possible. It happened at the last World Cup, the men’s World Cup, and we saw what happened. We shocked the world.
“In the last women’s World Cup, all the teams that represented Africa in Australia, we made history and I believe for the next World Cup we can do better. We can do better and we can win it for sure because at the end of the day if we don’t support each other nobody will come down to Africa to support us.”