Ajibade poised for Atletico, Liga F awards

A few days after she was nominated for the maiden Liga F Player of the Month Award, Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade is poised to take home an accolade within her club, Atletico Madrid Feminine, for her incredible start to the season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

Ajibade has scored five goals and rendered two assists in three games, moving joint top of the scorers chart with Barcelona’s Ewa Pojor, who is also in the run for the league’s award.

After being nominated for the league award last Wednesday, Ajibade made an emphatic statement by adding a hat-trick to her haul for the month against Madrid CFF.

The 24-year-old was initially adjudged to have scored only one during the game, but two other presumed own goals have been confirmed by the Liga F.

“What a start! Rasheedat Ajibade has scored five goals and two assists,” the league body posted via their X account on Tuesday.

Spanish football news outfit Futbol Mahou has also nominated her and four of her teammates for the club’s top performer award for September.

An announcement of the winners of both awards is expected before their next match against Athletic Club on Saturday.

The former Robo FC player is up against six other nominees, including Barcelona’s Pajor, Real Madrid’s Caroline Weir, Levante Badalona’s María Llompart, and Athletic Club Femeninos Nerea Nevado for the Liga F award.

Ajibade’s fantastic start to the season follows a strong campaign last year, when she registered 10 goals and four assists in 30 matches to emerge as Atlético Madrid Player of the Season.

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