It may look out of place but Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade wears a band bearing Jesus is Lord.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports the last match which has made the Nigerian national female team members instant millionaires was indeed a miracle coming from two goals down to win a crucial final with host country Morocco last Saturday connotes Jesus is indeed the Lord.
Meet her below:
Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade (born 8 December 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Atlético Madrid and the Nigerian women’s national team.
She is commonly called “Rash”, a shortened form of her first name, and “The Girl With The Blue Hair”, an ode to her bright blue hairstyle which she dons whenever she takes to the field.
Ajibade represented Nigeria at age grade competitions, before making her competitive debut for the senior team at the 2018 WAFU Cup in Côte d’Ivoire. In 2017, she was named first in a top 10 list of most promising young footballers on the African continent by Goal.com.[4]
Ajibade played for FC Robo from the 2013 Nigeria Women Premier League season till 2018 season. In 2014, she was listed as one of the best young talents in the league.[5] In September 2018, she won the Nigerian women football freestyle competition for the second consecutive time.[6]
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.[7] For the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League season, Ajibade was made team captain of FC Robo.[8] Ajibade was one of the scorers in Robos’ home win against Ibom Angels during the season.[9] On 13 July 2017, after losing to visitors Rivers Angels, Ajibade was quoted 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.[10] Ajibade won the first edition of Nigeria National Freestyle Championship, which is a competition to promote freestyling football.[11] 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.[12] In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards.[13] In December 2018, Ajibade was reported to have signed a two-year contract with Norwegian side, Avaldsnes IL, a team that plays in the Toppserien.[14][15] On January 1, 2021, Atletico Madrid announced the signing of Rasheedat Ajibade on a two-year deal.[16] In January 2022, Rasheedat Ajibade extended her contract with Atletico Madrid for a further three years, until 2025.[17]
