Osimhen owns Europe: Champions League hails Super Eagles striker for dominating POTM award this season

Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen is earning major praise from the UEFA Champions League this season after dominating the 2025/26 Player of the Match awards, showing his elite European form for Galatasaray.

The Nigerian striker has been in sensational scoring form, netting six goals in just three Champions League matches, including an incredible five goals across his last two games.

His standout performance came in a record-breaking win against Ajax, where he bagged a hat-trick and was named man of the match.

Osimhen has now claimed the Player of the Match award in every game he has played this season, totalling three POTM honours, a feat unmatched by any other player in the competition so far.

UEFA Champions League highlighted this achievement on their official channels with a graphic titled "Most POTM performances so far in 2025/26: Victor Osimhen."

Following him in the Player of the Match rankings are stars like Phil Foden, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, and Virgil van Dijk, who have each won the award twice.

Fans have been quick to praise Osimhen’s dominance:

“The Greatest Striker in the World Right now. The best Striker of Nigeria of All Times. Osimhen is better than Isak, Ekitike, Gyökeres, Martinez, Kane, Mbappe, Šeško, and Haaland.”

“All those Haaland goals and no POTM performance? This is why that Ballon d’Or shout isn’t as strong.”

“Unfortunately, injury will stop him from continuing his impressive form.”

“He deserves to go to a team of the BIG 6 in the Premier League or Barcelona rather than staying at Galatasaray and playing in that weak Turkish league.”

Osimhen’s scoring streak has stretched to eight consecutive European matches, signalling his decisive role and consistent excellence on the continental stage.

His impressive performances continue to solidify his reputation as one of the top forwards in world football at the moment.