24 Years After, 24 Years Old Nigerian, Osimhen Wins 2023 CAF ‘Footballer Of The Year’ Award

<h4>24 Years After<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that after a stellar 2022&sol;23 season with Serie A side&comma; Napoli&comma; guiding the Partenopei to their first title in 33 year&comma; Super Eagles forward&comma; Victor Osimhen on Monday night&comma; was crowned the 2023 African Footballer of the Year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event held at Palais des Congrès in Marrakech&comma; Morocco&period; Nigeria won the feat 24 years ago with Kanu Nwankwo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 24 years old Napoli striker became the first Nigerian to win the prestigious award since Nwankwo Kanu claimed the honour &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He saw off competition from Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah to win the prize&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thenicheng&period;com&sol;">He contributed 26 goals in 32 league appearances last season and netted five goals in six appearances for the Naples club in the UEFA Champions League&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though Nigeria agonizingly missed out on the 2022 World Cup&comma; losing the ticket to perennial rivals Ghana&comma; Osimhen’s contributions to the Super Eagles were staggering in the year under review&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is the top scorer in the qualification race for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations &lpar;AFCON&rpar; with 10 goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;