Super Falcons top striker Assisat Oshoala revealed that she was beginning to feel the boredom in Barcelona, hence her decision to join Bay FC in the US National Women’s Soccer League.
Oshoala spent four seasons scoring 107 goals in 149 games. She has made 14 appearances, including three starts, with Barcelona this season, scoring eight goals. Oshoala has won the African Player of the Year award six times. In 2022, she became the first African woman to be nominated for the Ballon d’Or award. She was the first African woman to win the UEFA Women Champions League with Barcelona in 2021.
“I just feel like I want something different. If you follow my career for a long time, you realize that I get easily bored,” Oshoala said in an interview with The Associated Press.
“I don’t really stay long in any place. I stay two, three years and I want to try something else. I’ve played on a couple of continents and I feel like I want to play elsewhere.”
She added that joining Bay FC based in San Francisco, was not for holiday, but to win more trophies.
“One thing about me, I’m not going to ask my teammates for what I’m not giving,” she said. “So when I say I’m not going to ask my teammate for what I’m not giving, I’m not going to ask you to run when I’m not running. So I’m going to work and work for the team. This is what I bring. I bring the energy there.”
