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Victor Osimhen: Nigeria’s Golden Boy

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Victor Osimhen is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He was born on December 29, 1998, in Lagos, Nigeria. Osimhen’s rise to success is a remarkable story that has captured the attention of many football fans around the world.

Osimhen is currently Seria A’s top scorer with 21 goals and 5 assists

Osimhen’s football career started in Lagos, where he played for the Ultimate Strikers Academy. In 2015, he caught the attention of scouts from the FIFA U-17 World Cup team, and he was invited to join the Nigerian U-17 squad that went on to win the tournament, scoring 10 goals and earning the Golden Boot award for being the tournament’s top scorer.

After the tournament, Osimhen was signed by German club Wolfsburg, but he struggled to make an impact in his first season due to injury. He was subsequently loaned out to Belgian clubs Charleroi and Sporting Charleroi, where he scored a total of 20 goals in 36 appearances.

In August 2019, Osimhen signed for French club Lille for a reported fee of €12 million. He made an immediate impact, scoring 18 goals in 38 appearances in his debut season, and helping Lille finish fourth in Ligue 1.

His performances earned him the Marc-Vivien Foé award for the best African player in Ligue 1. In July 2020, Osimhen joined Italian club Napoli for a reported fee of €70 million, becoming the most expensive African player ever.

He has continued to impress in Italy, scoring important goals for Napoli in the Serie A and Europa League competitions. Overall, Osimhen’s rise to success has been fueled by his natural talent, hard work, and dedication to his craft.

His impressive performances have earned him recognition as one of the most promising young strikers in world football, and he is widely regarded as a future star of the Nigerian national team.

The 2022/23 season has seen him rise even further to a new level leading his team Napoli to the top of the league and are currently in pole-position to win the league title for the first time in three decades, he has ammased 25 goals and 5 assists in 29 games so far this season and is the league’s top scorer.

With a valuation of €100m by Transfermkt, Osimhen is regarded as one of the most valuable players in world football at the moment and big teams around Europe have already started lining up to land his signature ahead of the summer transfer window.

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