By Metohuey Michael Adoglo
Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala has signed a new contract with La Liga and Women’s Champions League holders Barcelona.
The 27-year-old forward will now remain with the Spanish giants until the end of the 2023-24 campaign.
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Oshoala has scored 80 goals in 101 appearances for Barca since joining in January 2019, initially on loan.
Oshoala, who is currently sidelined with a thigh injury, has scored 19 goals in 16 La Liga appearances this season.
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Her country’s captain and the continent’s most decorated female footballer, Oshoala will hope to lead Nigeria to a record-extending 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco in July.
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