The Confederation of African Football has hailed Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen on his nomination for the 2023 Best FIFA men’s Player.
CAF who praised Osimhen’s nomination, wrote on X, formerly Twitter account,“The man of the hour.
“Congratulations to Victor Osimhen on this precious nomination! 🙌.”
FIFA named Osimhen as one of the 12 nominees for this 2023 award which also include Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne and Julian Alvarez.
Others are Osimhen’s Napoli teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Kylian Mbappe, Declan Rice, Bernardo Silva, Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan.
Aside the Best FIFA men’s Player award, Osimhen is also shortlisted for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award.
The Nigerian international scored 26 goals to help Napoli win the 2022/23 Serie A title, their first since 1990.
He became the first-ever African to win the Golden Boot in the Italian topflight.
Also, he emerged top scorer in the 2023 AFCON qualifiers with 10 goals.
