Adegbuyi has big dreams for her football career

Nigeria forward Oluwakemi Adegbuyi has had an amazing year. She has become one of Nigeria’s top young football stars after a series of great personal and team successes.

The 16-year-old started her incredible journey with FC Robo Queens. She won the Nigeria Women Football League Player of the Season award for the 2025/26 season after scoring 11 goals in the regular season and Super Six playoffs.

She then added two more personal awards. Adegbuyi won the Player of the Tournament awards at both the WAFU B Girls’ Cup and the WAFU B Champions League qualifiers, where she played for Edo Queens.

Adegbuyi finished her remarkable year by helping Nigeria’s Flamingos win the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. This victory made Nigeria the first African nation to win this title. She played in all seven matches and scored two goals during the tournament.

Her dreams go beyond her current success. Adegbuyi is determined to make a name for herself on the global stage. “I can play anytime, any day. When I am called upon, I will surely deliver. My aim is to be in a bigger place, to be known in Nigeria, in Africa and the whole wide world,” she told content creator Femi Pereira in a recent chat.

When asked if she sees herself winning the CAF Women’s Player of the Year award in the future, the young star answered with confidence: “Yes.”

But her immediate goal is to win another award at the continental level. Adegbuyi hopes to take home the CAF Women’s Young Player of the Year award when the ceremony happens in Lagos on Monday, December 7.

She is one of two Nigerians nominated for the award, alongside fellow forward Janet Akekoromowei. The Nigerian pair will compete against several other talented players.

They will face challengers like Romaine Gandonou from Benin, Maëva Nyadjou from Cameroon, Grace-Ruth Sery from Côte d’Ivoire, N’Sira Ouédraogo from Burkina Faso, Rose Kadzere from Malawi, Kautar Azraf from Morocco, Adji Ndiaye from Senegal, and Winfrida Gerald from Tanzania.