Football
Asisat Oshoala makes list of nominees for 2022 Ballon d’Or
Nigerian Asisat Oshoala playing with Barcelona Femini in Spain, has been listed among the nominees for the 2022 women’s Ballon d’Or.
Other Ballon d’Or nominees include Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG), Millie Bright (Chelsea), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Ada Hegerberg (Lyon), Selma Bacha (Lyon), Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona), Vivianna Miedema (Arsenal), Lucy Bronze (Barcelona), Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Christiane Endler (Lyon), Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg), Kadidatou Diani (PSG), Catarina Macario (Lyon), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg), Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave) and Beth Mead (Arsenal).
Oshoala scored 20 goals in 19 games.
Lyon’s Ada Hegerberg won the women’s Ballon d’Or in 2018, while Megan Rapinoe of the United States Women national team won the honours in 2019.
Alexia Putellas of Barcelona won the award in 2021.
The Ballon d’Or 2022 will hold on October 17, 2022, at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France.
Oshoala won the African Female Player of the Year in Rabat Morocco in July for a record fifth time, after winning it in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.
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