Osimhen Equals Cristiano Ronaldo’s Serie A Record

Victor Osimhen, the Nigerian striker has equaled Portuguese international, Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal-scoring record in the Italian Serie A.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the only striker to have scored in eight straight Serie A games, a feat Osimhen has now achieved.

The Napoli talisman is the highest Serie A goal scorer in the current campaign with nineteen goals from twenty matches. He has a total of twenty-one goals so far, two of such from the Champions League.

He won the Serie A Player of the Month award for January and remains on course for similar recognition for the month of February.

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The father of one activated a clause in his contract which saw him earn ₦64m after he scores his twentieth goal, and can earn more than ₦100m if he scores 25-30 goals in the course of the 2022-23 campaign.

CitySports recall that ex-Nigerian international, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has tipped the prolific striker to win the CAF prestigious African Player of the Year award with his current form.

While in Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a total of 101 goals in 134 appearances for the Serie A giants.