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Super Falcons quartet of Asisat Oshoala, Rasheedat Ajibade, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Uchenna Kanu have been named as nominees for the 2022 CAF Women’s Player of the Year award.
The annual award which seeks to reward Africa’s best female football player will see the four Nigerian slug it out with 26 other female players from the continent.
Oshoala is the current holder of the the title for African footballer of the year after having won the award for the fourth time in 2019.
She jointly holds the record with Super Falcons legend, Perpetua Nkwocha.
Meanwhile, Monday was nominated for the Young Player of the Year (Women) award alongside nine other players from across the continent.
In addition to the Young Player of the Year award, Gift Monday was also nominated for CAF Inter club Player of the Year alongside Rivers Angels star, Maryann Ezenagu.
Other prominent names on the 30-woman list include 2018 winner Thembi Chrestinah Kgatlana, Gabrielle Onguene who finished second behind Oshoala in 2016, and 2017, high-flying Inter Milan striker Ajara Nchout Njoya, and South Africa’s midfielder maestros Refiloe Jane and Linda Mothalo.
Asides from Nigeria, 11 other African nations are represented on the nominee list with the award ceremony slated for the 21st of July.