African player of the year? CAF continue Osimhen celebration with goals compilation

Victor Osimhen is having an unbelievable 2023 for club and country.

The Super Eagles striker led Napoli to their first Serie A title in over 30 years, finishing as top scorer with 26 league goals in 32 appearances.

Osimhen's superb performances saw him nominated for the Ballon d'Or and that achievement has now been followed up by a final 10 nomination for the FIFA The Best award.

The sky remains the limit for the excellent striker, who is top scorer in the AFCON Qualifiers with an outstanding 10 goals.

Following on from congratulating Osimhen for his nominations, CAF have continued to celebrate the Napoli man and released a compilation of his goals during the AFCON qualifiers. Enjoy.

As it stands, Osimhen is a runaway favourite to win the award for African Footballer of the Year and several fans on social media are in agreement.

🚨OFFICIAL: Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the 2023 The Best FIFA Football Awards.

Hello CAF, no need to hold the Awards event, just send our African footballer of the year award to Lagos! pic.twitter.com/aUx0w1qfbO

— MikeThePundit (@Mike_ThePundit) September 14, 2023

At this point, the only choice for African footballer of the year is Victor Osimhen. No two ways about it!

— Walleey (@dlord_of_chaos) September 14, 2023

Safe to say Victor Osimhen is certainly gonna win the African Footballer of the Year award. Naija’s first since 1999 (Kanu Nwankwo) https://t.co/gmZZI22J3U

— Lawal Keny (@kenyhuyter) September 14, 2023