SSC Napoli has acquired the sports performance of footballer Victor Osimhen from Lille outright.
This is the tweet from President De Laurentiis: “Welcome Victor!”
Welcome Victor
š https://t.co/Gmi6FnvO21#WelcomeOsimhen
š #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/miFie1wyoO— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) July 31, 2020
Victor Osimhen was born in Lagos, Nigeria on December 29, 1998.
Raised in the youth clubs of the “Strickers Academy” in Lagos, he became a professional when he moved to Wolfsburg when he was an adult. In Germany he played in the 2017/18 season and then spent the following year at Charleroi. He plays 36 games in the Belgian team, scoring 20 seasonal goals.
His experience continued at Lille in 2019/20 where he collected 38 appearances and 18 goals.
Osimhen is a Nigerian national. With the Under 17 he conquered the World Cup in 2015 in which he distinguished himself by graduating top scorer with 10 goals. He made his debut in the senior national team in June 2017 and with Nigeria so far boasts 10 appearances and 4 goals.
