Red-hot Super Eagles attacker Osimhen reveals his initial position

The Tremendous Eagles ahead not too long ago garnered consideration with an excellent efficiency that caught the eye of a number of European groups.

Nigerian worldwide, Victor Osimhen, has disclosed the place by which he started his profession.

In response to him, he started his profession as a defender, however the aim machine has now advanced into one in every of Africa’s prime strikers.

Earlier than becoming a member of VFL Wolfsburg in 2017, the Tremendous Eagles ahead started his profession with the Final Strikers Academy.

Previous to the transfer, he scored 11 objectives for Emmanuel Amunike’s workforce whereas enjoying in a couple of video games for the Nigeria U17 facet in 2015. And the identical 12 months, he performed for the Samson Siasia U23 workforce till being finally referred to as as much as the Tremendous Eagles squad in 2017.

The Nigerian has already scored 100 objectives in his profession after deviating from the primary place he began with, surpassing the 2 greats, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, within the course of.

Maybe his first place of selection wouldn’t have gotten him this far. Nevertheless, the Nigerian revealed his first place in a video uploaded on Napoli’s social media account.

24-year-old mentioned: “My first function? I used to be a defender [laughs].”

The Nigerian has bagged 18 objectives in 19 league appearances for Luciano Spalletti’s males, and in keeping with studies, he can be concerned in Napoli’s Champions League tie in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt regardless of harm fears.