Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria’s Super Falcons captain, Asisat Oshoala has renewed her contract with Spanish Iberdrola side FC Barcelona until June 30, 2024.
The 27-year-old African Women’s Footballer of The year who has also played for the women’s team of Liverpool and Arsenal in England arrived at Barça permanently on January 31, 2019, after having a successful loan spell with the club.
Her current contract is set to end at the end of the season and will now run for two more years.
Oshoala put pen to paper on the new deal in the presence of president Joan Laporta and of the director Xavier Puig, in the office of the presidency of Camp Nou.
Speaking to Barca TV on her new contract, Oshoala lwas expectedly elated and pledged to give her best in the years ahead.
”I’m just happy to be in the best team in the world. It’s not just about their football, you look off the pitch, and it’s about how they treat footballers to keep improving.”
“I am a striker and I want to keep scoring more goals. I love it. The goal is to keep growing and to be happy,” Superzee as she is affectionately called concluded.
Since joining the club the former Rivers Angels striker has scored 80 goals in 101 appearances making her the sixth-highest scorer in the history of the team.
Barring any unforseen issues, Oshoala is expected to skipper Nigeria’s Super Falcons to the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco in July which serves as qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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