Victor Osimhen Bags Italian FA Footballer of the Year Gong

Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, has added yet another gong to his growing list of accolades after scooping the AIC Footballer of the Year prize for 2023. 

Osimhen was instrumental for Napoli as they raced to their first Serie A title in 33 years earlier in the year.
The Nigerian scored 26 league goals to land the gong at the Italian Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year award ceremony on Monday night.

“Victor Osimhen is the 2022/23 Footballer of the Year,” the awardees tweeted while announcing the 24-year-old as the winner.

Apart from winning the individual prize, Osimhen also earned a spot in the Serie A Team of the Year alongside teammates Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Kim Min-jae.
Others included in the list are Andrea Bastoni, Theo Hernández, Rafael Leão, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Mike Maignan, Stanislav Lobotka, and Nicolo Barella.