From Accounting to Sports Psychology: Super Falcon Ajibade narrates how She bagged 2nd degrees

Rasheedat Ajibade has narrated how she bagged a second degree in Sports Psychology after her first in Accounting According to her, education is very important because you can fall back on it after you are done playing football

The Super Falcons winger was the main star for Nigeria at the just concluded WAFCON scoring three goals Follow Sports Brief on Twitter for more trending and breaking news! Rasheedat Ajibade, Super Falcons’ main star at the just concluded Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, understands the importance of education after narrating how she bagged her second degree during the lockdown.

Ajibade speaks on the importance of education In a chat with CAF on their website and also cited on The Nation, Ajibade who has a degree in Accounting from Lagos State Polytechnic explained why she had to delay her move into professional football to get a second degree in Sports Psychology from Barca Innovation Hub.

Ajibade said: “My family likes education. I feel like I had to finish my degree first. It was important for me to finish school because I was also underage to move abroad so it was a bit challenging because when I saw people that I was older than playing in Europe – while I was still playing in Nigeria – it was tough.

“Education is very important because you can fall back to it after you are done playing football. “I made up my mind to do it (second degree), and it was a little easy because I was studying from home due to the pandemic. In the end, I finished and I thank God. I want to do more, get more certificates.”

The 22-year-old attacker was named amongst 32 players invited by Super Falcons Head Coach Randy Waldrum to Nigeria’s camp for the AWCON in Morocco. Ajibade could be seen taking some boxing drills as well as also joggling the ball simultaneously as she tries to keep fit.

The Atletico Madrid striker was also captured running some joggling skills inside the swimming pool in a rigorous training routine.

Ajibade finished the competition with three goals and three assists making her joint top scorer alongside South Africa’s Hilda Magaia and Moroccan captain Ghizlane Chebbak.

While Hildah Magaia scored two goals to guide the Banyana Banyana to their first-ever WAFCON title, Chebbak was named the Player of the Tournament for consistently surprising everyone with her outstanding performances during the tournament.