Nigeria forward Oluwakemi Adegbuyi is targeting further individual recognition after an impressive year in which she established herself as one of the country’s promising young football talents.

The 16-year-old enjoyed a successful 2025/26 campaign with FC Robo Queens, winning the Nigeria Women Football League Player of the Season award after scoring 11 goals across the regular season and Super Six playoffs.

She added two more individual honours to her collection, winning the Player of the Tournament awards at the WAFU B Girls’ Cup and the WAFU B Champions League qualifiers, where she represented Edo Queens.

Adegbuyi also played a part in Nigeria’s historic triumph at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco, where the Flamingos became the first African team to win the competition.

She featured in all seven matches at the tournament, scoring twice as Nigeria claimed the title.

Speaking in a recent interview with content creator Femi Pereira, Adegbuyi said she was confident in her ability to deliver whenever called upon and expressed her ambition to become a recognised name in world football.

“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 said.

Asked whether she hoped to win the CAF Women’s Player of the Year award in the future, the teenager responded confidently: “Yes.”

Her immediate target, however, is the CAF Women’s Young Player of the Year award, with the 2026 ceremony scheduled to take place in Lagos on Monday, December 7.

Adegbuyi is one of two Nigerians shortlisted for the award, alongside fellow forward Janet Akekoromowei.

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