Jump King! Ronaldo’s Serie A Record Broken By Osimhen

With a leap of 2.58 metres on Sunday during Napoli’s excellent 3-0 victory over Spezia, Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen smashed Cristiano Ronaldo’s previous record by four years.
When Osimhen scored Napoli’s second goal of the day against the Little Eagles at the Stadio Alberto Picco, he accomplished the amazing achievement.
The header against Spezia was genuinely exceptional and may be a candidate for the best headed goal in football history, despite the fact that the Nigerian international has scored spectacular headers throughout his career.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored from the penalty spot to give Luciano Spalletti’s team the lead after the first half ended scoreless, and Osimhen added the game’s second goal with an incredible effort in the 68th minute.

The 24-year-old produced a staggering 71cm leap and reached a height of 8.47ft (2.58m) – higher than the crossbar (8ft) – before heading past Spezia goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski.

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And according to Corriere dello Sport (via Tutto Napoli), Osimhen, with that jump, climbed to a height of 2.58 metres – a mark typical of elite NBA stars.
In doing that, Osimhen set a new Italian Serie A record, rubbing off the previous 2.56 metres mark set by Ronaldo for Juventus against Sampdoria in 2019.

Osimhen and Ronaldo’s jump
A collage of Osimhen and Ronaldo’s epic jump in Serie A.
It is also a new personal career high for Osimhen whose previous mark was at 2.52m set against Torino at the Diego Maradona Stadium last season.

The world record of 2.62m set by Ugandan defender Bevis Mugabi in the Scottish Championship in January 2021, however, remains intact.

Osimhen has now scored 16 Serie A goals this term, the most he has ever managed in a single season in his career.

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