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The Spanish giants secured the services of the forward of the Super Falcons of their Norwegian team Toppserien
Rasheedat Ajibade has joined former Spanish champion Atlético de Madrid on a two-year contract with the Norwegian team Avaldsnes.
Ajibade arrived at the Spanish club, his second move in Europe, after his contract with Avaldsnes ran out in December 2020.
The Nigeria international joined Avaldsnes Idrettssenter on a two-year contract with Nigerian team Robo Queens in December 2018, helping them finish in fifth place, scoring five goals in 2019.
The 21-year-old established herself on Thomas Dahle’s women’s side with eight goals in 18 games and made the Toppserien Team of the Week eight times, taking bronze.
Upon completing the change from Las Rojiblancas, the forward expressed his joy at the move to Spain and is eager to start working with the Madrid team in the coming days.
“It is a great privilege and an opportunity to be here,” Ajibade told the club website.
“I am excited to be a part of this team and I hope that together we achieve success. It is a great step in my career and a great challenge for me and I am ready to give it my all.
“I am a versatile, versatile, energetic and hard-working player. I tell the Atléticos that I am going to do my best so that they and the team can feel proud.”
It is a great privilege and a joy for me to join Atlético de Madrid Feminino.
It is an opportunity that I will never take for granted, and I am willing to do my best to take this great club to even greater heights. pic.twitter.com/1Ep7IS1WQ1– Rasheedat Ajibade (@ Rasheedat08) January 1, 2021
Her move to Atlético will make her the second Nigeria to play for the Spanish giants after the loan of Francisca Ordega in 2017.
His arrival brings Nigerians to six in the Spanish top flight after Charity Adule from Eibar, Barcelona Asisat Oshoala, Sevilla Toni Payne, Madrid CFF duo Rita Chikwelu and Chidinma Okeke.
He is expected to make his debut for Atlético, who are third on the record when they host Rayo Vallecano in their next clash on January 6.
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