Victor Osimhen

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Victor Osimhen
Victor Osimhen (LOSC) .jpg
Osimhen in Lille (2019)
Personnel
birthday December 29, 1998
place of birth Lagos ,  Nigeria
size 185 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
0000–2016 Ultimate Strikers Academy
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017-2018 VfL Wolfsburg 14 0(0)
2018-2019 Sporting Charleroi 34 (19)
2019-2020 Lille OSC 27 (13)
2020– SSC Naples 0 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2015 Nigeria U17 7 (10)
2015-2017 Nigeria U20 4 0(1)
2017– Nigeria 9 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 1, 2020

2 As of November 17, 2019

Victor James Osimhen (born December 29, 1998 in Lagos ) is a Nigerian football player . The striker will be under contract with SSC Napoli in Italy from September 1, 2020 .

Career

societies

Osimhen began his career at Ultimate Strikers Academy. In January 2017, the German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg signed him . Osimhen made his Bundesliga debut on May 13, 2017. In the 1-1 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach , he came on for Paul-Georges Ntep .

On August 22, 2018, the attacker initially moved to the Belgian first division club Sporting Charleroi on loan until the end of the 2018/19 season . Osimhen established himself as a regular player in Charleroi and scored 12 goals in 25 league appearances (22 times from the start). In the subsequent play-offs for the Europa League , 7 goals followed in 9 appearances (all from the start). Shortly after the end of the season, Sporting Charleroi acquired the transfer rights to Osimhen by option.

For the 2019/20 season, Osimhen moved to the French first division club OSC Lille , with whom he signed a contract that runs until June 30, 2024. As a regular, he was supposed to replace Nicolas Pépé , who had just changed , missed only two of 40 competitive competitive games, scored 18 goals and prepared six more. The attacker finished fourth with Lille, which meant qualifying for the Europa League group stage .

After the season, the Nigerian left France and signed a contract with the Italian first division club SSC Napoli , but the transfer will not take place until September 1, 2020. The transfer fee is said to have been over 60 million euros.

National team

Osimhen made his debut for the Nigerian national team on June 1, 2017 . He came on as a substitute for Ahmed Musa at halftime .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VfL Wolfsburg signs Nigerian Victor Osimhen from 2017 , vfl-wolfsburg.de, accessed on August 22, 2018
  2. ↑ According to Charleroi , vfl-wolfsburg.de, accessed on August 22, 2018
  3. ↑ Charleroi pulls purchase option for Osimhen. VfL Wolfsburg, May 31, 2019, accessed on May 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Le Super Eagle, Victor Osimhen au LOSC! , losc.fr, August 1, 2019, accessed on August 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ Il Napoli ufficializza l'aquisto di Victor Osimhen , sscnapoli.it, accessed on August 1, 2020 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Over 60 million: Napoli takes ex-Wolfsburg , sport1.de, accessed on August 1, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Osimhen, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osimhen, Victor James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagos , Nigeria