{"id":4060,"date":"2023-10-30T23:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/30\/read_news-phpnid49292\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T23:21:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:21:03","slug":"read_news-phpnid49292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/30\/read_news-phpnid49292\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Ballon d&#8217;Or Femenin: Oshoala&#8217;s position revealed as Barcelona teammate wins award\u00a0:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/65647Oshoala.png\" height=\"187\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"2023 Ballon d'Or Femenin: Oshoala's position revealed as Barcelona teammate wins award\u00a0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has missed out on the\u00a02023 Ballon d&#8217;Or Femenin, with the award going to her Barcelona teammate\u00a0\u00a0Aitana Bonmat\u00ed\u00a0after her sensational season for the Spanish giants and Spain&#8217;s national team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bonmati becomes the second Barcelona player to win the award, after Alexia Putellas who claimed it in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oshoala\u00a0&#8211; the only African player that was in the running for the prestigious accolade &#8211; finished twentieth in the\u00a0Ballon d&#8217;Or Femenin ranking.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The five-time\u00a0African Women&#8217;s Footballer of the Year ranked higher than Alba Redondo (Levante\/Spain), Katie McCabe (Arsenal\/Republic of Ireland), Georgia Stanway (Bayern\/England), Khadija Shaw (Man City\/Jamaica), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns\/USA), Wendie Renard (Lyon\/France), Yui Hasegawa (Man City\/Japan), Debinha (Kansas City\/Brazil), Jill Roord (Man City\/Netherlands) and Daphne van Domselaar (Aston Villa\/Netherlands).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oshoala was among six Barcelona players nominated for the women&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or, the others being\u00a0\u00a0Salma Paralluelo, Patri Guijarro, \u00a0Mapi Le\u00f3n, Bonmat\u00ed\u00a0and Rolf\u00f6.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal and Liverpool star was a key member of the Nigeria squad that reached the last 16 of the 2023 Fifa Women&#8217;s World Cup and won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona were awarded the best women&#8217;s team of 2023 after a brilliant 2022-2023 campaign that saw them win no less then three trophies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballondor\/status\/1719100044333183079\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\" xml:lang=\"zxx\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1lC3wXUj0l\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/1lC3wXUj0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Ballon d&#8217;Or #ballondor (@ballondor) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballondor\/status\/1719100044333183079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">October 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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