CAF awards great motivation for Nigeria at AFCON – Osimhen
Rave of the moment, Victor Osimhen has revealed that this prestigious CAF award would serve as enough motivation for him and his teammates ahead of the AFCON 2023 in Côte d’Ivoire.
The Super Eagles are in Group A with the hosts, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau.
“We are ready and preparing very well. The squad is in high spirits. We are raring to go and hope that we shall do well there,” Osimhen added with hope.
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Nigeria have won the AFCON three times in 1980, 1994 and 2013.
Osimhen will be hoping to replicate his fine form next year that has seen him score 27 goals in all competitions for Napoli this year – the joint-most by an African player in the big five European leagues tied with Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
In May 2023, Victor Osimhen scored against Fiorentina, netting his 47th goal in the Serie A, overtaking George Weah (46) as the highest goal-scoring African player in the history of the competition.
Osimhen is also the highest goal scorer in the TotalEnergies AFCON 2023 qualifiers with 10 goals.