Name
Victor Osimhen
(Victor James Osimhen)

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Born
1998 (25 years old)

Birth Place
Lagos, Nigeria

Position
Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
9

Height
186cm / 6'1"

Weight
77kg / 170lbs

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Market Value
€110M

Wage Year
€100K


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Sport
Soccer

Team
Napoli

2nd Team
Nigeria

League
Italian Serie A

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Victor James Osimhen MFR (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Nigeria national team. Considered one of the best strikers in the world, he is known for his elite finishing, pace, strength and athleticism.

Born in Nigeria, Osimhen began his senior career in Germany at VfL Wolfsburg in 2017. Following a season and a half at the club, he moved to Belgian side Charleroi on loan in 2018–19, before moving to France at Lille. He made his European football debut with the French club during the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. In 2020, Osimhen transferred to Serie A club Napoli for a club-record fee of €70 million. He won the Serie A Best Young Player award in the 2021–22 season. He is the highest goalscoring African in the Serie A and currently holds the record for the most goals scored by an African in a single season.

Osimhen won the Golden Boot award at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. He made his senior international debut in June 2017 and played at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He is currently the ninth all-time highest goalscorer of the Nigeria national team.


Season Stats
20 appearances in the current 2023-2024 Season
13 goals scored in the current 2023-2024 Season


Career Honours

African Footballer of the Year
2023

Napoli

Serie A Capocannoniere
2022-2023

Napoli

Serie A
2022-2023

Napoli


Career Milestones


UEFA Champions League Player Of The Match
2023-09-20


UEFA Champions League Player Of The Match
2023-03-15


Serie A Hat-Trick
2022-10-29


Former Youth Teams


Former Senior Teams

2017-2019

2018-2019 (Loan)

2019

2019-2020


Former Club Staff


Contracts

2020-2025


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