Oshoala herself won the Women’s Player of the Year Award at the CAF event held in Morocco on Monday
By Kehinde Okeowo
Barcelona and Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has praised her compatriot, Victor Osimhen, after emerging as CAF’s 2023 Men Footballer of the Year on Monday night in Morocco.
The Napoli forward beat the likes of Morocco’s World Cup star, Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah to clinch the award.
Osimhen while receiving the prize attributed his success at the CAF Awards to the role played by Super Eagles legend and former Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amunike.
He said: “I want to appreciate Emmanuel Amunike, without him, I will not be here.”
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However, speaking at the back stage after Osimhen was announced the winner of this year’s CAF’s Men Footballer of the Year, Oshoala lauded him for the feat.
She said: “Common Victor, that is my boy!!!!”
Meanwhile, Oshoala herself also won the Women’s Player of the Year Award at the CAF’s gala night.
The 2023 prize was her sixth Women’s Player of the Year Award having won it in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
Oshoala’s teammate, Chiamaka Nnadozie, won her first-ever CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award.
The Super Falcons of Nigeria were named the women’s best national team on the continent, while the Nigerian duo of Michelle Alozie and Tosin Demehin made the CAF women’s best XI.
However, Deborah Abiodun was beaten to the women’s best young player prize by Nesryne El Chad of Morroco.
