Asisat Oshoala Net Worth And Biography

Asisat Oshoala MON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Nigeria women’s national team.

 

Early Life

The Nigerian footballer was born on October 9 1994, in Ikorodu, Nigeria. She was born into a polygamous family of a father with two wives and seven siblings

Her parents-being, shopkeepers and of the middle class-were, were rather strict and not in support of her playing football. The only supportive family member was her late grandmother, who often intervened when she was chased out of the house or denied food for playing football. She is a Muslim.

For her schooling, she attended Air Force Primary school in Victoria Island before moving to Aunty Ayo International School, both in Lagos, for her secondary school, and graduated in 2009.

 

Career

Asisat began her career with Nigerian clubs Rivers Angels and FC Robo. She joined Liverpool in England’s Women’s Super League in 2015. She made a total of nine appearances and scored three goals.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest African female footballers of all time and one of the best in the world, she is one of the most celebrated African female footballers of all time, and she won African Women’s Footballer of the Year a record five times.

Asisat previously played for English clubs Arsenal and Liverpool, Chinese club Dailan, and Nigerian clubs Rivers Angels and FC Robo. She won the 2015 FA Women’s Cup with Arsenal; two league championships and a cup title with Dalian; and the 2019–20 Copa de la Reina and 2019–20 Supercopa de España Femenina with Barcelona. She was the first African (and Nigerian) player to score a goal in a UEFA Women’s Champions League final and has helped Barcelona reach the semi-finals three consecutive years, and one final. On 16 May 2021, Asisat became the first African woman to win the UEFA Champions League, after Barcelona defeated Chelsea 4–0 in the finals. The following season, she became the first African woman to win the Primera División’s Pichichi Trophy, and in August 2022 became the first African woman nominated to the Ballon d’Or.

 

Asisat was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and was named best player at the tournament. She was also named best player and second top goalscorer with the Super Falcons team who won the 2014 African Women’s Championship.

In September 2014, Oshoala was made a Member of the Order of the Niger by President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan. In 2021, she was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30. She is popularly called “Àgba Baller”, which means in her local palance, “Legendary Footballer”.

Oshoala found success as a forward for Nigeria’s youth teams but made most of her early appearances for the senior national team as an attacking midfielder. She was nicknamed “Seedorf” after male footballer Clarence Seedorf and has also been referred to as “Superzee” by her teammates.

Oshoala launched the Asisat Oshoala Foundation in 2019 focused on empowering girl footballers in Africa.The foundation hosts the annual Asisat Oshoala Foundation Football4girls tournament in Lagos. She is a NIKE Ambassador. In 2021, she was named to Forbes 30 Under 30. In October 2021, she was appointed unto FIFA’s technical advisory group on the growth and advancement of women’s football. The grouped is headed by Jill Ellis and has fellow African Doreen Nabwire also as a member.

 

Personal life

Though not married, Oshoala has been rumoured to be dating Abu Azeez from Warri Wolves FC for a long time now, and there were rumours of them even being engaged in 2017. Asisat, nonetheless, has come forward to deny or claim the rumours.

• Fun Fact: The 28-year old has a daughter, which surprised many fans when she revealed it on social media. The father of Asisat Oshoala’s daughter is unknown, as she has remained tight-lipped over the issue.

 

Net Worth

With an estimated net worth of around $3 million, Asisat is currently the wealthiest female footballer in Nigeria. Most of her wealth comes from her long-standing football career, over a decade, plus endorsement deals from leading brands like Nike.

Her last salary ever made public was back in 2019 at the Chinese club Dalian Quanjian, where she was reportedly earning around $52,000 per month.

Though her current club FC Barcelona salary is unknown, there are speculations that she approximately makes £10,500 per week and £40,000 monthly.