“Hungry for more” – Napoli’s Victor Osimhen reacts to sharing a record with Africa’s four Serie A icons

The Nigeria worldwide made a number of entries into the file books following his scintillating show for the Neapolitans on the weekend

Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen continued his good scoring kind on Saturday when he smashed a surprising hat-trick in Napoli’s 4-0 demolition of Sassuolo on the Diego Maradona Stadium.

It was Osimhen’s first three-goal haul on the membership degree, with the Nigerian failing to succeed in that top when taking part in for Wolfsburg, Sporting Charleroi, and LOSC Lille.

The targets additionally took Osimhen’s tally within the Italian Serie A to seven, elevating the Napoli man to the highest of the league’s goalscorer chart.

Much more impressively, Osimhen has now scored 31 targets in Serie A, making him the joint-most prolific Nigerian star within the historical past of the Italian prime flight.

Africa’s 5 Serie A hat-trick heroes

It has additionally emerged that Osimhen’s weekend feat makes him the fifth African to internet a Serie A hat-trick after Liberia’s George Weah, Cameroon’s Patrick Mboma, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, and Senegal’s Keita Balde.

Weah, the primary African to attain a hat-trick in Italy’s prime flight, grabbed it for AC Milan in a 3-0 win over Atalanta in 1998.

A 12 months later, former Cameroon worldwide Mboma replicated the feat for Cagliari in a 5-1 thrashing of Empoli.

Whereas sporting the colors of Roma, Liverpool’s Salah scored all of the targets as AS Roma ran out 3-0 winners over Bologna in 2016.

Senegal’s Balde made the minimize when he powered Lazio to a 6-2 win over Palermo in 2017.

After becoming a member of the elite group of Africa’s Serie A hat-trick kings, Osimhen is each delighted and thirsty for extra such feats.

“That was my first skilled hat-trick so I’m actually enthusiastic about it,” Osimhen informed BBC Sport Africa.

“It’s been an incredible return after a couple of challenges initially of the season and hopefully I can proceed this type.

“As a striker, you at all times wish to assist your staff so I wish to keep hungry for extra.”

Osimhen has scored six targets in his previous 4 outings throughout all competitions since his return from a month-long damage layoff.