Victor Osimhen of Napoli won Italy’s 2022 award for international athlete of the year.
The Foreign Press Association in Italy, who organized the prize, revealed the recipient of the honor in a statement on Monday.
The 24-year-old Nigerian was given the honor, according the announcement, because he was “essential to Napoli’s amazing success, owing to his outstanding play, enormous power, incredible speed, and zeal for scoring goals”.
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The award follows a series of awards which Osimhen has received of late including the Serie A’s prize for player of the month in January and the ’emerging player of the year’ at the 2022 Globe Soccer Awards.
The former Liille forward has been having a terrific campaign for Napoli this season, leading the league goalscoring chart with 19 goals.
His partnership with teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been menacing to defences in Europe this season as both have paired up to making Napoli a formidable force both on the domestic and international fronts.
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