Victor Osimhen Needs to do More!

Victor Osimhen, Napoli FC of Italy and the Super Eagles of Nigeria super striker and current African Footballer of the Year, affirmed his passion for winning the ongoing Confederation of African Football Nations Cup Competition (AFCON), with the statement below, in an interview at Abidjan. This bundle of talent remains Nigeria’s most treasured talent at the moment and his football achievements within a decade has begun to rival that of Nigeria’s best footballers in history.

“I have done that with Napoli, I have made history, but no matter what I do, no matter how many goals I have scored, to be able to win the AFCON, I would go a long way in my life but probably when I do that I am done,” 

Osimhen launched himself into the global stage by helping Nigeria’s U-17 team, win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2015. He finished the tournament as the Golden Boot and Silver Ball winner. Before then, he had won the Golden Boot award for the African U-17 tournament and also won the African Best Youth Player award.

Within the past year, he helped Napoli FC to win their first league title after thirty-three years, won the CAF African Best Player award, and got an honorable mention amongst the best shortlist in the Balloon D’or.

See: Victor Osimhen’s individual honors to date

Osimhen can never be counted amongst the average footballers who plied their trade, just to make a living. He stands tall amongst the Gen-Z footballers who have achieved much but like fellow African football star, George Opong Weah, he can go further to win multiple laurels in different leagues and aspire for other awards to entrench his football legacy.

As realistic as Osimhen’s recent ambition might be about winning the AFCON with Nigeria, at 25 years of age, he still has more to offer to football and stands to achieve more laurels with consistent form and focus. He recently acknowledged his interest in playing outside the Italian league and rejected an enormous offer to the Saudi Roshn League in the summer, this shows his passion remains strong and the expectation is that apart from winning trophies in other leagues, he could also aspire for the European Champions League and the Balloon D’or.

With his young age and current form as one of the World’s most lethal strikers, Osimhen would easily get into a bigger club in Europe to make his chances of winning bigger laurels possible. That dream is achievable and should be his current focus.

The evolution of sports and other professions is founded upon the inspirational contributions of various personalities. Personalities such as Albert Einstein(Science), Bill Gates(Technology), Nelson Mandela(Leadership), Edson Arantes de Nascimento(Football), Johan Cruyff(Modern football Coaching), Mohammed Ali(Boxing), among so many others, were leading lights in their endeavors and their contributions remain the factors upon which Victor Osimhen’s passion for football is founded. Growing to become another world great is an achievable dream and like is often said, that by aspiring to hit the moon, even if he ends up in the sky, his contributions would be more valuable than his current status. Whatever decision he chooses, Osimhen is already a world great but can achieve more!