Barcelona forward Asisat Oshoala has reached an agreement to join United States outfit Bay Area FC on loan until the end of the season. According to Barcelona, the six times Africa Best player (female) contract is due to end at the end of the season; she will join the American club immediately with no option to return to Barcelona.
“An agreement has been reached between FC Barcelona and Bay FC from the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States of America for the transfer of Nigerian striker Asisat Oshoala, whose contract was set to end on 30 June 2024. The Club appreciates Asisat’s commitment and professionalism over the five-year period she wore the Barça jersey.”
Asisat Oshoala who is the club’s top scorer for two consecutive seasons has been capped 162 times with 117 goals during her 6 seasons with the club—a feat that saw her hold the record as the fourth most scoring female player, only behind Alexia, Jenni Hermoso and Sónia Bermúdez.
Oshoala arrived in the winter transfer window in January 2019, and went on to score 8 goals in 11 games that half-season. In her first full season, 2019/20, she scored 30 goals in 22 games, followed by 22 goals in 37 games in the 2020/21 season, and 22 goals in 28 games in the 2021/22 season.
In her final full season, Oshoala scored 27 goals in 40 games, and she has scored 8 goals in 14 games so far this current 2023/24 season.
Oshoala leaves the club with 2 Champions Leagues, 4 Liga F, 3 Copa de la Reinas, 4 Spanish Super Cups and 1 Catalan Cup.
