Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has been named the 2022 African Women’s Player of the Year.

Oshoala was named as the Player of the Year at the CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday.

The 27-year-old striker picked the award ahead of Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon and Inter Milan) and Zambia international Grace Chanda (Zambia and BIIK Kazygurt).

With this, Oshoala becomes the first African to win the prestigious award for a record five times, overtaking Perpetua Nkwocha who claimed the accolade on four occasions.

Oshoala was named the best African female footballer in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.

Meanwhile, Sadio Mane was named African Player of the Year after a season in which he scored the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title.

Mane clinched the award ahead of his former Liverpool teammate, Mohamed Salah, and fellow Senegalese, Edouard Mendy.

It was the second time 30-year-old Mane, who last month joined German champions Bayern Munich, has won the award after receiving it in 2019.

CAF did not give the award in 2020 and 2021.

It, however, recognised a player’s accomplishments over a season rather than during a calendar year for the 2022 awards.

The Star