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Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has claimed the Best African Player award ahead of Treble winner Riyadh Mahrez and Mohammed Salah at the Ghana Football Awards, The PUNCH reports.

The 24-year-old registered 31 goals in all competitions last season to help Napoli win the Serie A title for the first time in over three decades.

The Super Eagles forward’s best season as a professional player has seen him scoop awards and break records, with his latest coming from the award ceremony in Ghana.

Osimhen, in a video online, thanked the organisers for the award and promised to make Africa proud.

The video was posted on the official Twitter account of the Ghana Football Awards.

“It is a great privilege for me to win this award, it’s really a great honour. Thank you to those who voted for me and the support. Major thanks to the organisers of Ghana Football Awards for their love and support also, I appreciate you all for this recognition.

“I will keep making Africa proud, thank you all and God bless you,” he said.

The former Lille striker scored 31 goals last season in all competitions for Napoli and helped his club to win the title after a 33-year hiatus.

He was also impactful for the Eagles, scoring twice as the Eagles beat Sierra Leone 3-2 to qualify for next year’s AFCON in Ivory Coast.

The striker’s brilliant season also saw him win the top scorer award with 26 goals and also went further to break the former World Player of the Year George Weah’s long-time record as the African with the highest number of goals in Serie A history.

He was awarded the best striker in the league and is also a strong candidate for the best player’s gong at this year’s CAF awards.

Source- https://punchng.com/osimhen-beats-mahrez-salah-to-african-award/

Well deserved.
Hope he repeats same in the CAF Awards.

Well deserved!!!

Crayfish award who send them message end of year never reach why the eye service

He deserves the award...God bless Nigeria

Damnnn niggar
Osimhen my niggar

Lol, osinhem na best striker as far as i am concern, i hope he picks the right club, he just need someone like kelvin debyrune.

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Nice one, well merited

Well deserved!

Is there a distinct difference between 'African footballer of the year?'

We are proud of you osimeh

Congratulations to him...what remains is for him to win "African footballer of the year".

It's a pity that the last time any Nigerian player won it was in 1999. (Kanu) its high time we reclaim back our crown and start dominating African football once again.

Osimhen is in Lagos moving here and there on the streets .

The guy don open bank app tire ..

I pray he is not using Zenith cos i am sure they would have frustrated him

9ja for life.. Ghana go soon claim am

He deserve the Award 100%

Ok

He doesnt deserve it. Mahrez merited it with the treble.

Freshtruth:
Crayfish award

where your own mosquitoes award, small axe

ManWater:
Well deserved.
Hope he repeats same in the CAF Awards.

There's Mahrez, Hakimi to contest with.

I wish he'd win it though

Politics in African football. CAF award around the corner and you are giving one of the leading contender award.

Goalnaldo:
He doesnt deserve it. Mahrez merited it with the treble.

Marez wey break bench tire dis season, him no even do warm up for champions league finals..

Thanks Ghana

Goalnaldo:
He doesnt deserve it. Mahrez merited it with the treble.

Do you watch football at all? There is something called team award (trophy and medal) and another called individual award (ballor dor, best player in this or that, etc) hope you can differentiate between both

Following your logic Julian Alvarez should win balon dor because he's in man City and Argentina irrespective of his contribution

Congratulations to him and thank you for making Nigeria proud!

Goalnaldo:
He doesnt deserve it. Mahrez merited it with the treble.

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Wotoporiously speaking

Agba baller

Wow! If with all the hatred and rivalries Ghana has against Nigeria they can award him that prize, I see him winning next year's African Footballer of the Year.