Oshoala was announced the winner on Thursday, January 5 at the GLO-CAF Awards night in Abuja.

The Arsenal Ladies star beat Elizabeth Addo (Ghana and Kvarnsvedensik), Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon and Rossiyanka), Janine Van Wyk (South Africa and JVW) and Raissa Feudjio Tchuanyo (Cameroon and Aland United).

Last year winner of the CAF Women's Player of the Year award, Cameroon’s Gaëlle Enganamouit was not nominated.

This is Oshoala’s second CAF Women's Footballer of the Year award following her win in 2014.

In the year under review, the 22-year-old won the Women’s FA Cup and also the 2016 AWON title.

The forward also won the golden boot at the 2016 AWCON with six goals.