Asisat Oshoala listed in the UK Guardian’s list of 100 best female footballers of 2020

Asisat Oshoala has been ranked as number 33 on the Guardian's list of 100 best female footballers of 2020. She and Malawian star, Tabitha Chawinga are the only Africans on the list. Oshoala, who was at number 86 on the 2018 list and number 55 on the 2019 list, moved up 22 places on this year's list.

In contrast, Tabitha Chawinga, who was the highest ranked African on the 2018 list at number 71, fell 24 places to number 95 on the 2019 list and has now fallen a further 5 places to number 100 on this year's list.

Pernille Harder of Chelsea and Denmark was listed as the best female player for 2020, while Vivianne Miedema of Arsenal and the Netherlands was ranked second and Lucy Bronze of Manchester City and England was ranked third.

However, I have reservations about this list. I think that it was based on reputation rather than form. Former World Best Player, Lieke Martens, was ranked above Asisat Oshoala, even though she has had a bad year by her standards. Martens was injured during the 2019 World Cup and it took some time for her to recover and find her form. She was often played out of position when she recovered, especially when Graham was injured and Martens was made to cover for her. Meanwhile Oshoala had a great year and finished as the second highest scorer in the league. Oshoala was nominated in UEFA's team of the season while Martens was not nominated.

Similarly, there are lots of other Africans that did better than Tabitha Chawinga this year. Barbra Banda was the top scorer in the Chinese League and she fired Zambia to their first-ever Olympics. Temwa Chawinga (Tabitha's sister) fired Wuhan to first Chinese title and Ajara Nchout was the top scorer/winner of the Norwegian league.

Here's the full list.


1) Pernille Harder (Chelsea and Denmark).

2) Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal and the Netherlands).

3) Lucy Bronze (Manchester City and England).

4) Wendie Renard (Lyon and France).

5) Dzsenifer Marozsán (Lyon and Germany).

6) Amandine Henry (Lyon and France).

7) Sam Kerr (Chelsea and Australia).

Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona and Norway).

9) Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars and USA).

10) Delphine Cascarino (Lyon and France).

11) Saki Kumagai (Lyon and Japan).

12) Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon and France).

13) Debinha (North Carolina Courage and Brazil).

14) Jenni Hermoso (Barcelona and Spain).

15) Sam Mewis (Manchester City and the USA).

16) Ji So-yun (Chelsea and South Korea).

17) Amel Majri (Lyon and France).

18) Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns and the USA)

19) Alex Popp (Wolfsburg and Germany).

20) Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG and France).

21) Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns and the USA).

22) Christiane Endler (PSG and Chile).

23) Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain).

24) Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (Lyon and Iceland).

25) Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea and Sweden).

26) Beth England (Chelsea and England).

27) Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg and Poland).

28) Kim Little (Arsenal and Scotland).

29) Lieke Martens (Barcelona and the Netherlands).

30) Kadidiatou Diani (PSG and France).

31) Christine Sinclair (Portland Thorns and Canada).

32) Daniëlle van de Donk (Arsenal and the Netherlands).

33) Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona and Nigeria).

34) Irene Paredes (PSG and Spain).

35) Kosovare Asllani (Real Madrid and Sweden).

36) Kadeisha Buchanan (Lyon and Canada).

37) Mapi León (Barcelona and Spain).

38) Lynn Williams (North Carolina Courage and USA).

39) Maren Mjelde (Chelsea and Norway).

40) Sara Däbritz (PSG and Germany).

41) Lina Magull (Bayern Munich and Germany).

42) Steph Houghton (Manchester City and England).

43) Rachel Daly (West Ham United and England).

44) Sari van Veenendaal (PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands).

45) Ingrid Engen (Wolfsburg and Norway).

46) Guro Reiten (Chelsea and Norway).

47) Kristie Mewis (Houston Dash and the USA).

48) Jackie Groenen (Manchester United and the Netherlands).

49) Khadija Shaw (Bordeaux and Jamaica).

50) Nadia Nadim (PSG and Denmark).

51) Caitlin Foord (Arsenal and Australia).

52) Sakina Karchaoui (Lyon and France).

53) Abby Dahlkemper (North Carolina Courage and the USA).

54) Cristiana Girelli (Juventus and Italy).

55) Lena Goessling (Wolfsburg and Germany).

56) Svenja Huth (Wolfsburg and Germany).

57) Dominique Janssen (Wolfsburg and the Netherlands).

58) Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars and the USA).

59) Jill Roord (Arsenal and the Netherlands).

60) Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea and Scotland).

61) Leah Williamson (Arsenal and England).

62) Keira Walsh (Manchester City and England).

63) Melanie Leupolz (Chelsea and Germany).

64) Caroline Seger (Rosengard and Sweden).

65) Laura Freigang (Eintracht Frankfurt and Germany).

66) Millie Bright (Chelsea and England).

67) Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea and Germany).

68) Ludmila (Atletico Madrid and Brazil).

69) Sofia Jakobsson (Real Madrid and Sweden).

70) Ashley Lawrence (PSG and Canada).

71) Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg and Germany).

72) Formiga (PSG and Brazil).

73) Sandra Paños (Barcelona and Spain).

74) Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage and Republic of Ireland).

75) Viviane Asseyi (Bayern Munich and France).

76) Ellie Carpenter (Lyon and Australia).

77) Caroline Weir (Manchester City and Scotland).

78) Nilla Fischer (Linkoping and Sweden).

79) Marta Torrejón (Barcelona and Spain).

80) Sydney Lohmann (Bayern Munich and Germany).

81) Hanna Glas (Bayern Munich and Sweden).

82) Chloe Kelly (Manchester City and England).

83) Sherida Spitse (Valerenga and the Netherlands).

84) Kumi Yokoyama (Washington Spirit and Japan).

85) Anna Anvegård (Rosengard and Sweden).

86) Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal and England).

87) Patri Guijarro (Barcelona and Spain).

88) Lia Wälti (Arsenal and Switzerland).

89) Sara Gama (Juventus and Italy).

90) Shea Groom (Houston Dash and the USA).

91) Beth Mead (Arsenal and England).

92) Natalia Kuikka (Portland Thorns and Finland).

93) Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona and Spain).

94) Klara Bühl (Bayern Munich and Germany).

95) Grace Geyoro (PSG and France).

96) Pauline Bremer (Wolfsburg and Germany).

97) Jelena Cankovic (Rosengard and Serbia).

98) Cristiane (Santos and Brazil).

99) Pauline Hammarlund (Gothenborg and Sweden).

100) Tabitha Chawinga (Jiangsu Suning and Malawi).

Meanwhile, Asisat Oshoala scored as Barcelona defeated PSV Eindhoven 1-4 in the first leg of their round of 32 tie away at Eindhoven in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The second leg match will be played in Barcelona on December 16th.


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She is playing for Barca ?

Oshoala doesn't dissapoint,Always representing us well.

This girl has already proven that football is in her blood, she had been consistent since she came into limelight

YoonSung71:
She is playing for Barca ?

Ya

She even scored their 3rd goal in the Female UEFA Champions League away at Eindhoven against PSV on Wednesday

Issokay

Congrats to her. Well deserved

Nice one. Go girl... You are doing very great. For long, no Nigerian have been listed in that exclusive list.

But she should try and replicate whatever she is doing in Europe at the national level too

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This is type of Slay Queens we want to be seeing.
Naija to the world

Oshoala doing us proud.
Consistency is key

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why cant she be number 1 abi parnille harder get 2 head?

naptu2:
Asisat Oshoala listed in the UK Guardian’s list of 100 best female footballers of 2020

Asisat Oshoala has been ranked as number 33 on the Guardian's list of 100 best female footballers of 2020. She and Malawian star, Tabitha Chawinga are the only Africans on the list. Oshoala, who was at number 86 on the 2018 list and number 55 on the 2019 list, moved up 22 places on this year's list.

In contrast, Tabitha Chawinga, who was the highest ranked African on the 2018 list at number 71, fell 24 places to number 95 on the 2019 list and has now fallen a further 5 places to number 100 on this year's list.

Pernille Harder of Chelsea and Denmark was listed as the best female player for 2020, while Vivianne Miedema of Arsenal and the Netherlands was ranked second and Lucy Bronze of Manchester City and England was ranked third.

However, I have reservations about this list. I think that it was based on reputation rather than form. Former World Best Player, Lieke Martens, was ranked above Asisat Oshoala, even though she has had a bad year by her standards. Martens was injured during the 2019 World Cup and it took some time for her to recover and find her form. She was often played out of position when she recovered, especially when Graham was injured and Martens was made to cover for her. Meanwhile Oshoala had a great year and finished as the second highest scorer in the league. Oshoala was nominated in UEFA's team of the season while Martens was not nominated.

Similarly, there are lots of other Africans that did better than Tabitha Chawinga this year. Barbra Banda was the top scorer in the Chinese League and she fired Zambia to their first-ever Olympics. Temwa Chawinga (Tabitha's sister) fired Wuhan to first Chinese title and Ajara Nchout was the top scorer/winner of the Norwegian league.

On what grounds did a Chawinga make that list

Those guys at the Guardian should simply tell us that they know next to nothing about women's soccer in Africa.

No one pay attention to female version of top European football clubs, despite the fact that they exist.

100 Nawa..

Ok some guys are arguing about female footballers on this page. I never knew we have male Princesses on this forum

sunshineV:
why cant she be number 1 abi parnille harder get 2 head?

Thousands of female players out there and she, through her personal effort, picked position 33 out of 100 yet you ask this sort of question?

You think football is easy. Asides personal skill, do you know that other external factors also come into play?

mansakhalifa:


Thousands of female players out there and she, through her personal effort, picked position 33 out of 100 yet you ask this sort of question?

You think football is easy. Asides personal skill, do you know that other external factors also come into play?

who asked u plenty talk? u beta go chop

Not new

She deserves it

Our female team are the only good thing happening @ BARCELONA this season

where is Valerie gauvin??

Na Chelsea and Lyon players full the list

Go girl, skye is the beginning

sunshineV:
who asked u plenty talk? u beta go chop

you be mumu

Jonasigoh:
you be mumu

ekuke

How can a woman be called Harder.......hope you are not thinking what I'm thinking?