Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has been included in both the UEFA Champions League Team of the Week and the Team of round 16 first-leg.
Osimhen continued his impressive scoring form for Napoli after getting on the score sheet in their 2-0 win away to 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday, February 21.
He took his tally for the season to 20 in 24 games in all competitions for the Serie A leaders.
The team of the week was announced by the football facts and statistics website whoscored.com on their Twitter handle.
Osimhen alongside three of his Napoli teammates and Real Madrid’s quarter, Karim Benzema, Eder Militao, Vinicius Junior and Luka Modric, all made the Team of the Week.
While for the Team of the first-leg round of 16, Osimhen was included with the same Madrid players and also three of his Napoli teammates.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Osimhen is being linked with moves to Chelsea and Manchester United this summer.
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.
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.
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.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Osimhen started his career at the Ultimate Strikers Academy, based in Lagos, Nigeria.
In January 2016, after being noticed for his performances at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Osimhen committed to a pre-contract with VfL Wolfsburg, stipulating that he would officially join the club in January 2017
