Super Falcons and Barcelona Femeni striker, Asisat Oshoalawill make her return to the Nigeria women’s national team after six months due to an injury sustained at the end of the CAF Women’s Cup in Morocco last June.
Oshoala, who played football last year for Barcelona, is a member of the 23-woman squad announced by the Nigeria Football Federation for the Revelation Cup, which will be held in Mexico in February.
The list was released and signed by the media and publicity secretary of the NFF, Ademola Olajire, who released the names of the players who will participate in the four-nation tournament.
According to a press release, Oshoala suffered a “grade two ligament injury” during Nigeria’s 2-1 loss to South Africa at the Women’s Women’s Cup, WAFCON, in Morocco last June; he will stage a comeback when the Falcons play in February.
The Revelation Cup, organized to test the teams ahead of the ninth FIFA World Cup scheduled for this summer in New Zealand, will take place in Mexico, with two other countries, Costa Rica and Colombia, joining Nigeria in seven days. football events are scheduled for February 15 to February 21.
The Falcons will depart Nigeria on February 11 and play their first game against host Mexico on the 15th at 4pm Mexico time (10pm Nigeria time). The second and third matches will be against Colombia on the 18th and Costa Rica on the 21st.
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Other players Waldrum mentioned are Atletico Madrid star Rasheedat Ajibade; Leicester City defender Ashleigh Plumptre, Captain Onome Ebi and goalkeeper Nnadozie Chiamaka, who plays for Paris FC.
Squad of 23 women
Goalkeeper: Chiamaka Nandozie (Paris FC, France); Yewande Balogun (AS Saint-Etienne, France)
Defender: Onome Ebi (Levante Las Planas, Spain); Osinachi Ohale (Sporting Alaves, Spain); Ashleigh Plumptre (Leicester City); Glory Ogbonna (ALG Sports, Turkey); Rofiat Imuran (Reims Stadium, France); Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash); Oluwatosin Demehin (Reims Stadium, France); Rivers Angels – Akudo Ogbonna
Midfielder: Halimatu Ayinde (FC Rosengard, Sweden); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal); Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene (Eskilstuna United, Sweden); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain); Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain); Jennifer Echegini (Florida State University, USA); Regina Otu (AS Saint-Etienne, France)
Forward: Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona Women, Spain); Esther Okoronkwo (AS Saint-Etienne, France); Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA); Chinwendu Ihezuo (Monterey Stripes, Mexico); Francisca Ordega (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Uchenna Kanu (Lady Tiger, Mexico)
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