Asisat Oshoala (Nigerian) Wins BBC World Best Female Football Award
Mary Hockaday, controller of BBC World Service English, paid tribute to Oshoala.
"At still only 20, she's proved herself a formidable
talent on the pitch," she said. "I'm proud BBC World Service is
supporting the women's game and thrilled with the interest in the
award."
Oshoala said the honour was a big lift for Nigeria before the
World Cup and would help inspire young players in her homeland.
"It's a really good thing for us as a team because we
now know that we have something great and now we want to go at the
trophy," she said. "We can do it, we did it in 2014 we can also do it
this year as well.
"There is going to be a lot of motivation for women's
football in Nigeria now because of this award because there are a lot of
fans out there.
Since her rise in the game she has won various awards and honours including being the first African female Footballer to feature in the Women's Super League, with
manager Matt Beard calling her "one of the world's top young
footballers". She signed for the Liver pool ladies In January 2015.
Reacting more to this, she said Support for women's football in Nigeria is now growing very high.
"I know my Liverpool Ladies coach is going to be happy
right now. Before I left the UK he called me and said to me 'don't worry
I hope you win the award and we're going to celebrate it when you come
back'."
The news came to her in Canada where she just joined the Super Falcons of Nigeria for the Female World Cup tournament.
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