Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade was born 8 on December 1999 and is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Atlético Madrid and the Nigeria women’s national team.
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She is nicknamed “RASH”, a shortened form of her first name, and is also called “The Girl With The Blue Hair”, an ode to her bright-blue hairstyle which she dons whenever she takes onto 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
Ajibade played for FC Robo from the 2013 Nigeria Women’s Premier League season till the 2018 season.
Ajibade won the first edition of the Nigeria National Freestyle Championship, which is a competition to promote freestyling football. In 2017, despite Robo not being among the teams that finished tops, Ajibade was voted player of the season after scoring eight goals to save her team from relegation.
In May 2018, she was nominated as the best player in the 2017 Nigeria Women’s Premier League at Nigeria Pitch Awards.
In December 2018, Ajibade was reported to have signed a two-year contract with the Norwegian side, Avaldsnes IL, a team that plays in the Toppserien.
On January 1, 2021, Atletico Madrid announced the signing of Rasheedat Ajibade on a two-year deal. In January 2022, Rasheedat Ajibade extended her contract with Atletico Madrid for a further three years, until 2025
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Rasheedat Ajibade has represented Nigeria at under-17, under-20, and senior national teams.In the African qualifiers, en route to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Ajibade was also part of Nigeria’s players at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, she was named man-of-the-match in the second group game against Canada.
In February 2018, Ajibade alongside Joy Jegede, Osarenoma Igbinovia, and 18 other players were selected by head coach, Thomas Dennerby to represent Nigeria at the inaugural edition of the WAFU Cup in Côte d’Ivoire.
Ajibade was part of the 2018 African Nations Championship Nigeria women’s national football team where she won the tournament alongside the team. She captained the Super Falcons for the first time in a 1-0 friendly victory over Slovenian club, Olimpija Ljubljana in Vienna, Austria.
On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
Rasheedat Ajibade boyfriend: Is Rasheedat Ajibade in a relationship?
We do know that Rasheedat Ajibade is not in an open relationship and she is also not married for now.
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