Osimhen Celebrates Italian Serie A Golden Boot Award

Osimhen Celebrates Italian Serie A Golden Boot Award

Ibraheem Lateef

Victor Osimhen on Sunday became the first-ever African player to win the Golden Boot in the Italian Serie A.

The Nigerian converted a penalty in this evening’s 2-0 win over Sampdoria, confirming his Capocannoniere status with 26 Serie A goals for the season.

Having already been named Serie A Striker of the Season, he was handed another piece of silverware, awaiting the Serie A trophy.

“I’m happy for this award. It’s amazing feeling for me, I won the Scudetto, which is the most important thing in my career so far. I am grateful to God for this season, for my teammates, my family, for the Neapolitans and they deserve all of this,” Osimhen told DAZN as he was handed the Capocannoniere trophy.

Nobody had been able to combine the Capocannoniere crown with the Scudetto since Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Inter in 2009, while Osimhen is also the first African to be top scorer in the Italian top flight.

“This season has been brilliant for me, my teammates and the Neapolitans. I think I’ve done so well this season and deserve every good thing I’ve got, but I feel motivated to do even more next season.

“Everything is possible. Just like when we started the season, lots of people didn’t believe in Napoli. If the President says we can win it, I believe it, everything is possible.”