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Defence stalwart, Oluwatosin Demehin, has recalled with excitement how she won the Women Africa Cup of Nations gold in her first tournament with 10-time champions Super Falcons of Nigeria, saying the feat has boosted her confidence and pushes her to do even more when wearing the green-and-white.

“Winning the gold medal and the team lifting the Cup in my first Women AFCON always makes me feel special. It also gives me enormous confidence when we are playing a match or playing a tournament. It showed me what is possible with hard work and team work.

“That success has continued to motivate me to keep improving, to keep helping the team in every way I can, and it is my driving force to fight with the team to defend our title in Morocco.”

Demehin, who plays her club football for Galatasaray Sportive women in Turkey, has been a rock for the Super Falcons at the back since the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia & New Zealand, and played a key role in the Falcons’ successful Mission X in Morocco last summer.