Victor Osimhen: ‘My life has been a struggle but I always come out on top’

23-Jan-2024 13:00:10 | The Guardian

Nigeria and Napoli striker reflects on the winding journey towards fronting his country’s tilt at a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title

Victor Osimhen is the current African Footballer of the Year and is critical to Nigeria’s quest for a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title in Ivory Coast but his career in football could have turned out very differently, and very badly.

The striker has won a Serie A title with Napoli, and become the first African to be the league’s capocannoniere (top scorer), but Osimhen’s career in Europe, in its early stages, came close to ending before it had barely began.