The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has congratulated Super Eagles’ top striker Victor Osimhen and Super Falcons’ forward Asisat Oshoala on their nominations for the 2023 Ballon d’Or honours, Completesports.com reports.
Osimhen, who scored 26 goals in the Italian Serie A last season to help Napoli to their first Italian league title in 33 years, also scored five goals in the UEFA Champions League in which Napoli made it to the semi-finals.
He is also the leading scorer in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with seven goals.
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“We are indeed very proud of the nominations of our players, Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala, for the Ballon d’Or. It is the first time that players from the same country are nominated for both male and female categories, and this makes us proud. It also underscores the stellar careers that both players have at the moment, and we pray that God will continue to take them from glory to glory,” NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said.
“These nominations will also, no doubt, encourage other Nigerian players everywhere to be pivotal for their Clubs and also for the national team anytime they are on the international road.”
Oshoala has been pivotal for the Spanish Club, Barcelona Feminine in the past two seasons, scoring a lot of goals as well as assists, and also scored a crucial goal for Nigeria against co-host nation Australia at the 2023FIFA Women’s World Cup.
By Richard Jideaka, Abuja
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A great way NFF can congratulate them is to pay them their match bonuses to date.
Pay them every last kobo they are owed. That speaks louder than mere words.