Asisat Oshoala delivers powerful message after winning sixth CAF Women's Player of the Year

Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has called on African Football Federations to build a united front to aid the development of football on the continent.

The Barcelona Femeni star retained her crown as queen of African football after beating South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana and Barbara Banda of Zambia to win the 2023 Women's Player of the Year award.

Oshoala played a pivotal role in the success of Barcelona last season and was part of the Nigeria team that reached the round of 16 of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

In delivering her acceptance speech at the CAF Awards, the 29-year-old said Africa has the potential to win the FIFA World Cup following the performance of both the male and female teams at the last tournaments.

"I urge all the federations in Africa, to please and please come together," an emotional Oshoala said.

"Let's work together and build our continent. Let's make it the best in the world, it is very possible. It happened at the last World Cup, the men's World Cup, and we saw what happened. We shocked the world.

"In the last women's World Cup, all the teams that represented Africa in Australia, we made history and I believe for the next World Cup we can do better. We can do better and we can win it for sure because at the end of the day if we don't support each other nobody will come down to Africa to support us."
Morocco made history by becoming the first African team to reach the semi-final of the World Cup in Qatar last year.

Meanwhile, Oshoala's compatriot Victor Osimhen was crowned the Men's Footballer of the Year at the CAF Awards, as reported by Bella Naija.