WAFCON 2022: Ajibade, Ohale Named In CAF’s Team Of Tournament

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Tuesday named the Super Falcons duo of Rasheedat Ajibade and Osinachi Ohale in the Team of the Tournament at the just concluded 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco reports Prime Business Africa.

Ohale was undoubtedly the outstanding player for the Falcons in defence in Nigeria’s campaign in Morocco.

The 30-year-old Deportivo Alaves defender was awarded the Woman of the Match prize for her defensive performance in Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Cameroon in the quarterfinals.

While Ohale was excellent leading from the back, Atletico Madrid winger Rasheedat Ajibade stepped up after the injury to star player and 2022 African Women’s Footballer of the Year winner Asisat Oshoala.

Ajibade could be regarded as Nigeria’s brightest star in the attack as she finished as joint top scorer with three goals at the WAFCON.

South Africa, who won their first ever WAFCON trophy after beating hosts Morocco in the final, have four players in the team.

Runners-up Morocco have three representatives, while bronze medalists Zambia have two players among Africa’s best XI.

Interestingly, both Ajibade and Ohale were the only Nigerian players named in the ‘Team of the Group stage’ albeit payers like Christy Ucheibe and Uchenna Kanu asserted themselves whwn they were given the chances to impress.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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.