Barcelona’s Nigeria striker Oshoala ranks 16th in 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or

Tremendous Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala missed out on the 2022 Ladies’s Ballon d’Or award at a ceremony that came about in Paris at Theatre du Chatelet, on Monday night.

Oshoala was among the many Barcelona gamers that traveled to the French capital for the award ceremony however watched on as her teammate Alexia Putellas was awarded the Ballon d’Or.

Barcelona captain Putellas retained the distinguished award having received it for the primary time in 2021.

Oshoala and Putellas had been a part of a 20-strong shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d’Or after a breakout season at Barcelona.

The previous Arsenal and Liverpool star was ranked on the sixteenth place.

Regardless of her harm struggles, the 2021-2022 season was a stellar one for Oshoala as she claimed the Spanish Primera Division Pichichi award with 20 objectives in nineteen appearances.

The 28-year-old received the treble with Barcelona – Primera División Femenina, Supercopa Femenina and Copa de la Reina – and was within the facet that misplaced to Lyon within the Champions League remaining.

On the worldwide stage, she was named within the Tremendous Falcon squad to the 2022 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations however suffered an harm within the opener towards South Africa that dominated her out of the remainder of the event.