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Oshoala elated after record-equalling African Women's Player of the Year feat

Asisat Oshoala was delighted to be crowned African Women's Player of the Year for a fourth time at the Caf Awards Gala on Tuesday night.

The Barcelona winger became the second woman to win the prize for a fourth time after seeing off the challenge from Cameroon's Ajara Nchout and South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana.

Beside equalling Perpetua Nkwocha’s feat after winning 2014, 2016 and 2017 awards, she also became the second African player to win the gong four times between 2010 and 2019 after Cote d'Ivoire's Yaya Toure.

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Her latest triumph were hinged hugely on her fantastic form with Barcelona during the year, where she scored 15 goals in 19 matches, including a strike in the Champions League final.