Asisat Oshoala: ‘I once dreamed of being a lawyer, not a footballer’
Super Falcons and Bay FC striker Asisat Oshoala has revealed that her childhood dream was to become a lawyer, not a professional footballer. She said she was an intelligent student and her parents strongly pushed her towards education and a legal career. Oshoala explained that as a young girl growing up in Ikorodu, Lagos, she loved football so much that she often had to sneak out or lie just to go and play with friends. Her parents initially opposed the idea of her playing football seriously and punished her several times for choosing the game over schoolwork. “I wanted to be a lawyer,” she recalled, adding that she only began to consider football as a real career when she saw how good she was on the pitch and how quickly her talent was attracting attention. The turning point came after […]