New signing at Benfica Women of Portugal, Oluwatosin Demehin has raised expectations of better performances from her with the Nigerian national team, Super Falcons, as she believes regular action at her latest base in Europe will help her improve on the pitch, Sports247 reports.
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In the wake of her unveiling by Benfica, the Sunshine Queens of Akure product enthused that she is heading for improvements in her game, following her switch in a free transfer from Galatasaray of Turkey, where she spent two seasons and she is now excited with the prospects of a new chapter in her career.
It is another step forward for the 24-year-old Demehin, who also played for Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt before moving to Stade de Reims of France in 2022, as she left Galatasaray on a three-year deal that will run at her new base into 2029, plus the possibility of an extension.
She joins two fast-rising Nigerian attackers – Janet Akekoromowei and Flourish Sabastine – at Benfica, following the arrrivals of both players at the club earlier in the current transfer window, with all three now aiming to boost their ambitions with the six-time Portuguese champions.
The vastly-improved centre back, who featured for Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and Paris 2024 Olympics, then helped the Falcons win the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in 2025, revealed that the prestige she knows about Benfica were part of what inspired her to join them.
Demehin told BTV, “Benfica is the best club in Portugal and one of the best clubs in the world. Therefore, I know that being here, I can improve my performance. Benfica fans can expect the best from me, and I will always try to give my best performance.”
Sports247 reports further that the new deal in Portugal will help Demehin to quickly overcome memories of an ugly outing with Nigeria at this year’s WAFCON, in which she got a red during the group stage and could not save the team from defeats against Cameroon, which stopped their aspiration for an 11th title.
The Falcons also lost a classification match to South Africa, which confirmed that the Nigerian team will not be at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time since the competition began in 1991.
