Victor James Osimhen is a young Nigerian football striker who plays for the Nigerian Super eagles and Italian club side Lille, he was born in Lagos State(South Western Region Of Nigeria) on 29th December, 1998.

Out of six children, Victor is the last child of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Osimhen.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER
Victor Osimhen was among the Nigerian team that won the Fifa U-17 world cup in Chile in the year 2015, Osimhen was the Golden Boot and Silver Ball Award winner of the tournament. His great performance in the 2015 Fifa U-17 world tournament also earned him the crown of CAF Youth Player of the year award in the year 2015.

On 1st June, 2017, Osimhen made his senior team debut for Nigeria in a 3-0 win friendly against Togo. Osimhen was out from the list of players that represented Nigeria in the 2018 world cup.

In November 2018, he was called back by Gernot Rohr during an international break for a friendly match against The cranes of Uganda. In march 2019, his name was included in the list of players to represent the super eagles of Nigeria in a returning match against Libya as they were already two goals down from the first leg, the returning match was played in Asaba(Delta State), Osimhen scored three goals.

Osimhen was listed in the 25-man provisional list of Gernot Rohr to represent Nigeria in the 2019 African Cup Of Nation(AFCON) in Egypt and he was also listed in the final list of the tournament. The super eagles won the bronze medal of the tournament, Osimhen replaced injured Odion Ighalo at half time, in a 1-0 win game against Tunisia(Third place match).

Victor Osimhen have been invited by coach Gernot Rohr for a friendly match against Ukraine, the match will be played in Dnipro Arena, Ukraine on 10th September, 2019.

Club career

After a successful outing at the 2015 FIFA U-17 world cup, Osimhen signed a pre-contract with VfL Wolfsburg, stating that he will join them in January 2017.

He signed 3 and half year contract with VfL Wolfsburg on January 5th, 2017. He made his debut for the German club side “VfL Wolfsburg” in a 1-1 draw game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, he came in as a substitute in the 59th minute of the game. The following week, Victor Osimhen replaced defender Sebastian Jung in a pivotal relegation match against Hamburger SV with the score tied 1-1, Hambuger SV net a late winner goal and the match ended 1:2 in favour of Hambuger SV, Wolfsburg was sent to a relegation playoff against Eintracht Braunschweig.

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