Super Eagles have congratulated Napoli forward Victor Osimhen on winning Italian Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year award.
Osimhen was voted for his performances during the 2022–23 season.
The 24-year-old was instrumental to Napoli’s success, scoring 26 goals as they clinched the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years.
Congratulating him on Instagram, the Super Eagles wrote, “Congratulations to our own @victorosimhen9. Keep soaring Eagle!!!”
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Osimhen was also named in the Serie A team of the year alongside Mike Maignan, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Kim Min-jae, Andrea Bastoni, Theo Hernández, Stanislav Lobotka, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Nicolo Barella, Rafael Leão, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Osimhen was ranked eighth in the 2023 Ballon d’Or and was also nominated for the FIFA Best Awards. Similarly, he’s also in the running for the Globe Soccer Award.
He’s one of the 10 final nominees for the 2023 CAF Awards, set to take place in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 11.
