The 20-year-old was a key player in the Under-20s World Cup Tournament in Canada last summer, and helped the senior Nigerian team win the African Women's Championship in October.
Nigerian National Women’s Team footballer, Asisat Oshoala, was announced winner of BBC’s Inaugural Women’s Footballer of the Year award. Oshoala also plays for Liverpool based in the United Kingdom.
The 20-year-old was a key player in the Under-20s World Cup Tournament in Canada last summer, and helped the senior Nigerian team win the African Women's Championship in October.
Oshoala beat Spain's Veronica Boquete, German Nadine Kessler, Scot Kim Little, and Brazilian Marta in the BBC World Service honour, which was voted on by football fans around the world.
This January she was the first African player to be signed to the Football Association Women's Super League in Britain.