Rinsola Babajide, Nigerian Player Wins Liverpool Women’s Player Of The Month Award

Rinsola Babajide, Nigerian star has been declared Liverpool’s women’s team player of the month for January. The club made this announcement via its official website

Babajide, who is qualified to play for both England and Nigeria due to her dual citizenship, started all the three matches played by Liverpool in January scoring four goals which she got in the game against Blackburn Rovers ladies in an 8-1 win

The 21-year-old Babajide can play as a central striker and the flanks.

In her response, she said;

“I’m honoured to be Player of the Month and thanks to all the fans that voted.

“I feel like our performances have been getting better all the time and two back-to-back wins show that. Now we need another three points and that would be massive for us.”

“It was the volley [past Blackburn] for me, though I’m not sure which one the fans enjoyed most,”

“We just needed to hit the back of the net because we’ve been playing well without scoring so it’s a confidence boost for all of us.”