Nigerian striker, Asisat Oshoala has won the 2019 African Women Player of the year award.

The Barcelona player was crowned the best African female footballer of the year on Tuesday night at the CAF Awards ceremony in Egypt.

She beat Ajara Nchout of Cameroon and South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana to claim the title.

Oshoala has also won the Best Player Award in 2014, 2016, and 2017 respectively.

This makes it the fourth time the 25-year-old will get the award.

Here is what she said:

Grateful to be African Women’s Player of the year for the 4th time. Thank God, my Family, Friends and Fans for the support. Big shoutout to my club , my management , team mates at both national team and club level and of course thanks to @CAF_Online

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for the opportunity ❤️❤️🙏🏾

— ASISAT M.O.N (@AsisatOshoala) January 7, 2020