How Osimhen emerged 2023 Italian Footballer Of The Year

Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has been voted the winner of the 2023 Italian Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year.

This was after a standout 2022-2023 season with Napoli.

Osimhen was the biggest winner in the award ceremony in which the best squad, coach, club, and goal of the season were also recognized on Monday.

Daily Trust reports that in the last season, which was used as a yardstick to select the winners, the striker scored 26 goals and provided five assists as he helped Napoli to win the Scudetto for the first time in 33 years.

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Due to this performance, the 24-year-old was named the best striker in Italy and also won the Serie A Golden Boot.

He was also nominated for the FIFA Best award and finished as the 8th best player in the world at the 2023 Ballon d’Or.

At the 2023 Italian Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year awards, Osimhen made it into the Serie A team of the year alongside Mike Maignan, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Kim Min-jae, Andrea Bastoni, Stanislav Lobotka, Stan Hernández, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Nicolo Barella, Rafael Leão, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Rafael Leao, Gianluigi Buffon, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrea Prilo, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have previously received the honour.

The Nigeria international has so far this season maintained his excellent goals-per-game ratio despite a more difficult start to the season and injury concerns.

He has scored six goals from 10 games played thus far.