This made it a 7-1 aggregate win in the final round of the qualification series for the Super Falcons of Nigeria
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Ajibade, who was the stand-in captain, led by example, and her stunning strike in the 52nd minute was the equaliser after Birkie Amare scored in the 6th minute to give Ethiopia the lead at the Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa.
The roll call was released via a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation made available to the media on Friday.
In their first FIFA World Cup meeting, in Sweden on June 8, 1995, both teams played out a 3-3 draw at the Olympia in Helsingborg
There is also first choice goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, as well as defenders Osinachi Ohale and Oluwatosin Demehin, midfielders Halimatu Ayinde and Christy Ucheibe, and forwards Esther Okoronkwo and Desire Oparanozie.
The Super Falcons got a spot in the mundial after defeating Cameroon’s Lionesses in the quarter finals of the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco last summer, with Rasheedat Ajibade scoring the crucial goal to earn a semi-final spot and the ticket to Australia/New Zealand. It meant the Falcons have made through to all editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup – a record shared with only six other teams globally.
NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi said: “We rejoice with Rahseedat Ajibade for her emergence as joint top-scorer of the tournament and we implore her to continue to show even more prolificity and commitment in the jerseys of club and country. Her three goals surely helped the Super Falcons to win a World Cup ticket. Our team would certainly have been in the Final if not for the incident that led to her expulsion in the semi final match against the host nation.
The tie, between the two highly rated sides, is set to take place at the Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco
This was after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes and down with two players against hosts Morocco in the 2022 WAFCON semi-finals.
The final list of nominees that will vie for the top prize will be announced closer to the event.
The duo filled in Asisat Oshoala’s absence as the Super Falcons took on the sixth-ranked country in the world in the match played at the Starlight Stadium, Langford.
The 23-year-old Nigeria international has witnessed a steady rise in her career since she broke onto the scene in 2016.
Super Falcons Forward, Rasheedat Ajibade, is optimistic of better days in her new Norwegian club Avaldsnes IL.
Norwegian Toppserien outfit Avaldsnes have signed Nigerian teenage prodigy Rasheedat Ajibade on a two-year contract, the club announced on Thursday.
Super Eagles stand-in captain, Ahmed Musa, has been crowned the Footballer of the Year of the 2018 Nigerian Sports Award.
The Swede, who graciously allowed the players to feature for their respective clubs in the Nigeria Women’s Football League at the weekend, recalled a handful of those he feels can give the invited overseas-based professional players good fight for places in the final squad
Ajibade, while expressing her disappointment over the team’s quarter-finals exit after a 1-2 loss, said the national under-20 women football team’s was a bitter pill for her to swallow.
The Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has described Nigeria’s Falconets’ last minute draw against China as superlative.
Nigeria will reach the competition’s knockout stages for the seventh time in nine editions if they avoid defeat against the Chinese at the Stade de Clos Gastel.
Team captain, Rasheedat Ajibade’s first half penalty kick helped Nigeria to beat Haiti 1-0 on Thursday at Stade de Marville in the French city of Saint-Malo.