Oshoala Named Among 100 Best Female Footballers Of 2019 in the UK Guardian's List
Asisat Oshoala, who was at number 86 on the 2018 list, moved up 31 places this year to become the highest ranked African.
Asisat Oshola is one of the best African players in the world. The striker has been chosen as African Player of the Year on no less than three occasions (2014, 2016 and 2017). The year 2014 was a stellar one for the Nigerian as she also claimed the Ballon d’Or and the Golden Shoe at the U20 World Cup. Oshola has great experience despite her youth having played for Arsenal in 2016 alongside Vicky Losada and for Liverpool the previous year in the English top division of Women’s Football
Asisat Oshoala has been ranked as number 55 on the Guardian’s list of 100 best female footballers of 2019.
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However, Asisat and Malawian scoring sensation, Tabitha Chawinga are the only Africans in the list.
Oshoala, who was at number 86 on the 2018 list, moved up 31 places this year to become the highest ranked African. In contrast, Chawinga, who was the highest ranked African last year at number 71, fell 24 places to number 95 on the 2019 list.
Sam Kerr of Australia was listed as the best female player for 2019, while Lucy Bronze of England and Meghan Rapinoe of the US finished second and third respectively.
See full list:
1) Sam Kerr. Chicago Red Stars & Australia
2) Lucy Bronze. Olympique Lyon & England
3) Megan Rapinoe. Reign FC & USA
4) Ada Hegerberg. Olympique Lyon & Norway
5) Amandine Henry. Olympique Lyon & France
6) Vivianne Miedema. Arsenal & Netherlands.
7) Rose Lavelle. Washington Spirit & USA
8 ) Pernille Harder. Wolfsburg & Denmark
9) Wendie Renard. Lyon & France
10) Eugenie Le Sommer. Lyon & France
11) Julie Ertz. Chicago Red Stars & USA
12) Alex Morgan. Orlando Pride & USA
13) Dzsenifer Marozsan. Olympique Lyon & Germany
14) Ellen White. Manchester City & England
15) Caroline Graham Hansen. Barcelona & Norway
16) Danielle Van De Donk. Arsenal & Netherlands
17) Tobin Heath. Portland Thorns & USA
18) Crystal Dunn. North Carolina Courage & USA
19) Lieke Martens. Barcelona & Netherlands
20) Sari Van Veenendaal. Atletico Madrid & Netherlands
21) Amel Majri. Olympique Lyon & France
22) Debinha. North Carolina Courage & Brazil
23) Alex Popp. Wolfsburg & Germany
24) Christiane Endler. PSG & Chile
25) Jenni Hermoso. Barcelona & Spain
26) Marta. Orlando Pride & Brazil
27) Lindsey Horan. Portland Thorns & USA.
28) Christine Sinclair. Portland Thorns & Canada.
29) Becky Sauerbrunn. Utah Royals & USA
30) Christine Press. Utah Royals & USA
31) Saki Kumagai. Olympique Lyon & Japan
32) Nikita Parris. Olympique Lyon & England
33) Nilla Fischer. Linkoping & Sweden
34) Kim Little. Arsenal & Scotland
35) Kosovare Asllani. CD Tacon & Sweden
36) Ewa Pajor. Wolfsburg & Poland
37) Sara Dabritz. PSG & Germany
38) Sam Mewis. North Carolina Courage & USA
39) Fran Kirby. Chelsea & Engand
40) Yuki Nagasato. Chicago Red Stars & Japan
41) Jill Scott. Manchester City & England
42) Carli Lloyd. Sky Blue FC & USA
43) Griedge Mbock. Olympique Lyon & France
44) Hedvig Lindahl. Wolfsburg & Sweden
45) Alyssa Naeher. Chicago Red Stars & USA
46) Jackie Groenen. Manchester United & Netherlands
47) Steph Houghton. Manchester City & England
48) Irene Paredes. PSG & Spain
49) Abby Dahlkemper. North Carolina Courage & USA
50) Sherida Spitse. Valeranga & Netherlands
51) Sofia Jakobsson. CD Tacon & Sweden
52) Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir. Wolfsburg & Iceland
53) Barbara Bonansea. Juventus & Italy
54) Kadidiatou Diani. PSG & France
55) Asisat Oshoala. Barcelona & Nigeria
56) Caroline Seger. Rosengard & Sweden
57) Lina Magull. Bayern Munich & Germany
58) Ji So-yun. Chelsea & South Korea
59) Cristiane. Sao Paulo & Brazil
60) Casey Short. Chicago Red Stars & USA
61) Kelley O'Hara. Utah Royals & USA
62) Alexia Putellas. Barcelona & Spain
63) Formiga. PSG & Brazil
64) Sarah Bouhaddi. Olympique Lyon & France
65) Denise O'Sullivan. North Carolina Courage & Republic of Ireland
66) Lynn Williams. North Carolina Courage & USA
67) Giulia Gwinn. Bayern Munich & Germany
68) Guro Reiten. Chelsea & Norway
69) Stina Blackstenius. Linkoping & Sweden
70) Mana Iwabuchi. INAC Kobe Leonessa & Japan
71) Mal Pugh. Washington Spirit & USA
72) Delphine Cascarino. Olympique Lyon & France.
73) Ingrid Engen. Wolfsburg / Norway
74) Mapi Leon. Barcelona & Spain
75) Marie-Antoinette Katoto. PSG & France
76) Erin Cuthbert. Chelsea & Scotland
77) Magdalena Eriksson. Chelsea & Sweden
78) Beth Mead. Arsenal & England
79) Veronica Boquete. Utah Royals & Spain
80) Khadija Shaw. Bordeaux & Jamaica
81) Maren Mjelde. Chelsea & Norway
82) Fridolina Rolfo. Wolfsburg & Sweden
83) Almuth Schult. Wolfsburg & Germany
84) Aubrey Bledsoe. Washington Spirit & USA
85) Abby Erceg. North Carolina Courage & New Zealand
86) Sandra Panos. Barcelona & Spain
87) Jessie Fleming. UCLA Bruins & Canada
88) Ellie Carpenter. Portland Thorns & Australia
89) Beth England. Chelsea & England
90) Rachel Daly. Houston Dash & England
91) Hanna Glas. PSG & Sweden
92) Marta Torrejon. Barcelona & Spain
93) Yuika Sugasawa. Urawa Red Diamonds & Japan
94) Leah Williamson. Arsenal & England
95) Tabitha Chawinga. Jiangsu Suning & Malawi
96) Jaelene Hinkle. North Carolina Courage & USA
97) Claudia Neto. Wolfsburg & Portugal
98) Valerie Gauvin. Montpellier / France
99) Lena Oberdorf. SGS Essen & Germany
100) Ludmila. Atletico Madrid & Brazil