Nigerian Superstar Victor Osimhen Nominated for Prestigious Ghana Football Award

• Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen ended the 2022/23 Serie A season with 26 goals
• The Napoli strongman has now been nominated for a prestigious award in Ghana
• Other nominees for the Ghanaian award are Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Salah

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been nominated for a Ghana Football Award following his impressive performances for Napoli in the recently-concluded season, where he scored 26 league goals.

Osimhen has written his name in gold at the Naples club, with the Nigerian becoming the first African in history to win a Golden Boot award in the Serie A.

Many top clubs in Europe have taken notice of the striker's star performances, and are expected to try and persuade Napoli to part with him this summer.

According to the reports by Complete Sports and Daily Post, the organizers of the Ghana Football Award were impressed with Osimhen's games last term.

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Osimhen is placed in the Best African International category along with Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.

Mahrez scored 15 goals and made 13 assists in 47 appearances for his team, who claimed both the Premier League and the FA Cup titles this season.

The Algerian could also end the term with a treble when Man City faces Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League final.

Salah, on the other hand, has netted 30 goals and provided 16 assists in 51 games for the Reds.

No Ghanaian player was nominated for the award as the organisers are said to have felt none were on the level of Osimhen, Mahrez, or the Egyptian ace.

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The Napoli forward ended the season in style, netting his 26th goal of the campaign in the 2-0 win over Sampdoria at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

Osimhen was also Serie A top scorer for the 2022/23 season, becoming the first African player in the league's history to win the golden boot in Italy.