Oshoala Nominated For Women’s 2023 Ballon d’Or Award

For the second year in a row, Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala has been nominated for the 2023 Ballon d’Or women’s player of the year award.

Oshoala continued to establish herself as the finest African player by becoming the first female African player to be nominated for the Ballon d’Or in 2022, placing 16th out of the 30 players shortlisted.

The Super Falcons star, the reigning Africa women’s player of the year, scored 21 goals in just 28 games to lead FC Barcelona to the 2022/23 Spanish league title and was the Spanish club’s top-scorer with 27 goals in all competitions.

The 28-year-old played a key role in Barcelona retaining their domestic crown and winning the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

Oshoala, a five-time African Player of the Year award winner, made history in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand by becoming the first Nigerian and first female African player to score in three different FIFA World Cups. She has already scored 31 goals and three times won the Women’s African Cup of Nations with the Super Falcons.

2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or full list

1. Asisat Oshoala – Barcelona/Nigeria
2. Alba Redondo – Levante Union Deportiva/Spain
3. Kadidiatou Diani – Lyon/France
4. Rachel Daly – Aston Villa/England
5. Linda Caicedo – Real Madrid/Colombia
6. Fridolina Rolfo – Barcelona/Sweden
7. Olga Carmona – Real Madrid/Spain
8. Amanda Ilestedt – Arsenal/Sweden
9. Hayley Raso – Real Madrid/Australia
10. Georgia Stanway – Bayern Munich/England
11. Sophia Smith – Portland Thorns/USA
12. Hinata Miyazawa – Manchester United/Japan
13. Salma Paralluelo – Barcelona/Spain
14. Lena Oberdorf – Wolfsburg/Germany
15. Millie Bright – Chelsea/England
16. Daphne van Domselaar – Aston Villa/Netherlands
17. Sam Kerr – Chelsea/Australia
18. Patricia Guijarro – Barcelona/Spain
19. Ewa Pajor – Wolfsburg/Poland
20. Debinha – Kansas City/Brazil
21. Guro Reiten – Chelsea/Norway
22. Yui Hasegawa – Manchester City/Japan
23. Aitana Bonmati – Barcelona/Spain
24. Jill Roord – Manchester City/Netherlands
25. Alexandria Popp – Wolfsburg/Germany
26. Katie McCabe – Arsenal/Ireland
27. Mary Earps – Manchester United/England
28. Wendie Renard – Lyon/France
29. Mapi Leon – Barcelona/Spain
30. Khadija Shaw – Manchester City/Jamaica