Rasheedat Ajibade

Rasheedat Ajibade

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Ajibade played for FC Robo from the 2013 Nigeria Women Premier League season to the 2018 season. In 2014, she was listed as one of the best young talents in the league. In September 2018, she won the Nigerian women football freestyle competition for the second time. During the 2015 Nigeria Women Premier League week 2 games, Ajibade was listed in the team of the week, compiled by Soccerladuma South Africa, despite her team losing to Confluence Queens during the round of matches. For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League season, Ajibade was made team captain of FC Robo. She was one of the scorers in Robos' home win against Ibom Angels during the season. On 13 July 2017, after losing to Rivers Angels, Ajibade was cited by SuperSport to rue her team chances of qualifying for Super 4, because of the difference in points and the limited number of games remaining. Ajibade won the first edition of Nigeria National Freestyle Championship. In 2017, despite Robo not being among teams that finished tops, Ajibade was voted player of the season after scoring eight goals to save her team from relegation. In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards. In December 2018, Ajibade reportedly signed a two-year contract with Norwegian side, Avaldsnes IL, a team that plays in the Toppserien. On 1January 2021, Atletico Madrid announced her signing for a two-year deal. In January 2022, Rasheedat Ajibade extended her contract with…

International career

Ajibade has represented Nigeria at under-17, under-20 and the senior national team. In the African qualifiers, en route to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Ajibade scored a brace for Nigeria first leg win over Namibia. At the competition proper, she scored the winning goal in Nigeria's first game against China. In the final group game against Mexico, she scored a goal in Nigeria, two goal win to seal a quarter final game with Spain. Ajibade was named in Coach Bala Nikiyu 21-man squad for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, wearing jersey number 10. At the competition, Ajibade was the captain of Nigeria women's national under-17 football team. Ajibade was also part of Nigeria women's national under-20 football team at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where she was named man-of-the-match in the second group game against Canada. In the first round encounter to determine Africa's representative at 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Ajibade scored a brace in the first leg tie against Tanzania, giving Nigeria a three-goal advantage before the return leg in Dar e Sallam. In the return leg in October 2017, she scored two out of six goals against the home-side. On 27 January 2018, Ajibade scored two goals in Nigeria's six goal win against South Africa, securing Nigeria women's national under-20 football team's qualification for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France. In February 2018, Ajibade alongside Joy Jegede, Osarenoma Igbinovia and 18 other players were selected…

Career statistics

International goals

Club
FC Robo (2013–2018)
Club
Nigeria women's national under-17 football team (2014–2016)
Club
Nigeria women's national football team (2018–)
Club
Avaldsnes IL (2019–2020)
Club
Atlético Madrid (2021–2025)
National team
Nigeria

Personal

Personal life

In the summer of 2020 Ajibade launched her annual #StandOutWithRASH campaign aimed at promoting grassroots football talents within Nigeria. She also founded the Rasheedat Ajibade Foundation to empower Nigerian youths. Ajibade is a devout Christian, and in a 2022 match for the national team after scoring a goal she wore a t-shirt under her jersey with written "Thank You Jesus".

Clubs

  • Nigeria women's national football team2018current
  • FC Robo2013–2018
  • Nigeria women's national under-17 football team2014–2016
  • Avaldsnes IL2019–2020
  • Atlético Madrid2021–2025

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Nigerian footballer

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade OON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Nigeria women's national football team.

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