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Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen has been exceptional, scoring goals at a pace that's almost unheard of in Turkish football.

The Super Eagles star made a move to the Turkish champions on loan during the summer transfer window.

Since his move, he has continued to build his reputation as one of the best and most dangerous strikers in front of goal in the world.

Galatasaray has been a beacon for African football talent for decades, and he is upholding this proud legacy, but where does the Nigerian striker rank among the club’s all-time top-scoring African stars.

Galatasaray's top 10 African goal-scorers

10. Aurélien Chedjou – 12 goals

Aurélien Chedjou, a former Cameroon international and Lille ace, had a successful spell at Galatasaray, where he won seven major honours, including the 2015 Süper Lig title.

The no-nonsense centre-back scored 12 goals in 119 appearances across all competitions for the Turkish club, securing his place among the top Cameroonian footballers.

9. Garry Rodrigues – 16 goals

Garry Rodrigues began his football career in the Netherlands and in 2017, Galatasaray signed the winger from PAOK and he quickly made his mark.

Rodrigues was instrumental in the club's 2018 Süper Lig title victory and was named to the league's Team of the Season. Despite being primarily a playmaker, he scored 16 goals, with 13 of them coming in the league.

8. Mostafa Mohamed – 17 goals

Mostafa Mohamed had a breakout spell at Zamalek before joining Galatasaray on loan in 2021.

During his time in Turkey, Mohamed scored 17 goals in 57 matches, which marked a successful first European stint. He later made his move to Galatasaray permanent before departing for Nantes.

7. Didier Drogba – 20 goals

Didier Drogba, one of Africa's most celebrated footballers, joined Galatasaray in 2013 following illustrious periods at Chelsea.

His time at Galatasaray was just one year and he scored 20 goals in 53 appearances, playing a key role in Galatasaray's success, securing three trophies, including the Süper Lig title.

6. Younès Belhanda – 22 goals

Moroccan playmaker Younès Belhanda joined Galatasaray in 2017 and immediately became an important player with his flair and goals from the midfield.

Belhanda scored 22 times before his departure in 2021. He was also a key part of the treble-winning team in 2019.

5. Henry Onyekuru – 22 goals

Henry Onyekuru, a Nigerian forward, is one of Galatasaray's most beloved players. He had scored 22 goals in 71 games.

His crucial strikes during the 2018/19 title-winning season solidified him as Galatasaray's most successful Nigerian signing.

4. Mbaye Diagne – 26 goals

Mbaye Diagne played for Galatasaray, who signed him for €10 million in January 2019 and went on to score 26 goals.

The forward immediately proved his worth, becoming a prolific scorer and a key contributor to the club's treble-winning season, securing the league, cup, and Super Cup titles that year.

3. Victor Osimhen – 28 goals (and counting)

Victor Osimhen joined Galatasaray on loan and quickly won over Galatasaray fans and has been prolific, scoring 28 goals in 32 games.

With several matches left, he could help the team win both the league and Turkish Cup. Osimhen is already Galatasaray's highest-scoring Nigerian player and third-highest African scorer ever.

2. Sofiane Feghouli – 34 goals

Sofiane Feghouli had his most productive club years at Galatasaray, where he played between 2017 and 2022.

During his time at Galatasaray, he scored 34 goals in 162 games and won four major trophies, including back-to-back league titles in 2018 and 2019.

1. Shabani Nonda – 37 goals

Shabani Nonda made a significant impact at Galatasaray, scoring an impressive 37 goals in 93 matches.

His contributions were crucial in securing the 2008 Süper Lig and Turkish Super Cup titles for the team. To this day, Nonda holds the record as Galatasaray's highest-scoring African player.

Source: https://www.pulsesports.ng/football/story/when-will-the-epl-la-liga-serie-a-and-bundesliga-titles-be-confirmed-2025041011540063209

Oshi baba....make I just watch Chelsea sha

Not about Osimhen though.

Yesterday, I opened this platform in a conference, and a psychiatrist who sat beside me had a brief conversation with me about the platform. Nairaland was his avenue to get a position for his senior residency over a decade ago…and he spoke about a litter of forums that were on the page designed to encourage critical reflection, dialogue, and shared critique around news events too. But he spoke in such a manner that this was no longer so.

I mentioned that there were other forums that cultivate that habit, but most users are unwilling to engage. They just want the forum on the front page. Then we got into, giving back to the platform by sharing opportunities and other resourceful ideas… but he said the platform has become a garbage of “Performative Engagement.” and other things about overly tribal sentiments … that I struggled to disagree with in the face of evidence.


The conversation got me thinking about deeper psychological undercurrents that shapes user (our) behavior.

I agreed with him that increasingly the platform has become a theater which he described as ‘a place where users chase visibility through shock value and speed, rather than insight.’

Outrageous news stories, often unverified and sensationalized, are uploaded not to inform or analyze, but to bait attention. And with these deteriorated content quality, most viewers don’t even have the patient to engage reasoned comments which get drowned out by reactive posts and one-liners. He argues the forum has cease to serve its intellectual or civic function, and that he left, because he feared he is not immune from such needs, which if not met, can cause him to be disillusioned, and to compensate, he has to respond quickly without thoughts, impairing his cognitive function.

So he spoke about the race and scramble to be the first to comment. Not to contribute depth, but simply to be ‘seen’.

This performative urgency “first to comment,” “front/first page,” “top reply” … he emphasized was some sort of echo or a kind of low-stakes celebrity, and a microdose of relevance in the users of the platform.

“But relevance to whom?” I asked. “Do you know most users remain anonymous, cloaked behind pseudonyms? And that’s there are no tangible rewards, no compensation, no credits, no career gains?” I persisted.

He said such behavior spoke to something deeper than boredom or habit and that it speaks to the increasingly fragile ways in which people seek validation online. The desire to be seen, to be early, to be reacted to…even without name or face. He points out that it offers a fleeting sense of identity which is hollowed out of real connection. He said, privately, users might measure their worth by comparing how they stack up against others, but that dangerously, the users become clouded in stacking up, that their metric isn’t insight or empathy but rather, what becomes prioritized is timing, provocation, and numbers, which in reality creeps into their normal functioning, as people are mostly what they are, indoors.



I didn’t know when I kept nodding as he said that Nairaland has become an extreme echo chamber of digital desperation. He added that it is not simply the platform problem although Reddit didn’t reward such behavior, allowing comments that appears to be based on ranking; but he say, all of our cultural anxiety from using social media is spurred by a fear that we nurse of not being heard in a world where everyone is speaking.

I left, saying, well, I will be less reactive , and not necessarily address the forum topic, rather, there will be an intention going forward, and a realization that attention is not connection. Noise is not relevance. And racing to be first is rarely the path to wisdom. That way, I contribute to the platform devolving away from a space where performance trumps substance, and virality trumps value.

Osimen is a class on his own

OSHIMEN

Osimen knows his worth and what he is doing... u don't see him clubbing like iheanacho or getting fat like yakubu after fame. That's Messi, Ronaldo quality...

Osimenh will likely surpass the no. 1 on the list, just that he might not be at the club next season. I wish him all the best.

He is no 1

If he stays more, he will overtake all!

oshimen have the best goal ratio per game at 0.875
shebani is 0.398
feghouli is 0.202.

Ok oshimen will certainly come tops if he continue to remain in Turkey and ofcourse if he retain this good form o f his,right now....

Just one incomplete season oooo he he is at 29 goals competitiing all time African best goal scorer record with just 30 appearance.

Then he is very far the best

Okay

Mid player with passion

Though it's quite an interesting post you have here, I think you may have missed the point by a wide margin.
What I'd rather have said is to display each player's goal per game tally.
That'll put Osimhen in a class of his own with no other (not even Drogba) coming anywhere near.
The guy's just phenomenal.

on the basis of games played vis-a-vis goals scored,Osi is way ahead of them all
but many of them came to Gala as a retirement plan not at the peak of their careers

wishing Osi the best this coming season, a move is imminent for a better robust career

All other players on that list played for about 3 years, yet Osimhen has 28 goals within just 7/8 months of playing in the Turkish league.

So compare his 8 months (not even 1 year) achievement x 3 years and you'll see that the guy is astronomically better than any other African player in the history of the Turkish super league.

Sincerely, I don't know how Galatasaray will cope when Osimhen leaves, now that Icardi is injured, but he can't remain there, his career is too important for him to remain in Gala.

AK481:
oshimen have the best goal ratio per minutes at 0.875
shebani is 0.398
feghouli is 0.202.

@AK481, your head dey there. 👍🏾

The crazy part is that all of those ahead of him played over 100 games. He has played just 32.

prigoz:
Osimenh will likely surpass the no. 1 on the list, just that he might not be at the club next season. I wish him all the best.

Only if he goes beyond this season....besides , no African player has ever truly commanded main striker in galatasay history....so not surprised..... fegholi na midfielders so as onyekeru

othermen:
Not about Osimhen though.

Yesterday, I opened this platform in a conference, and a psychiatrist who sat beside me had a brief conversation with me about the platform. Nairaland was his avenue to get a position for his senior residency over a decade ago…and he spoke about a litter of forums that were on the page designed to encourage critical reflection, dialogue, and shared critique around news events too. But he spoke in such a manner that this was no longer so.

I mentioned that there were other forums that cultivate that habit, but most users are unwilling to engage. They just want the forum on the front page. Then we got into, giving back to the platform by sharing opportunities and other resourceful ideas… but he said the platform has become a garbage of “Performative Engagement.” and other things about overly tribal sentiments … that I struggled to disagree with in the face of evidence.


The conversation got me thinking about deeper psychological undercurrents that shapes user (our) behavior.

I agreed with him that increasingly the platform has become a theater which he described as ‘a place where users chase visibility through shock value and speed, rather than insight.’

Outrageous news stories, often unverified and sensationalized, are uploaded not to inform or analyze, but to bait attention. And with these deteriorated content quality, most viewers don’t even have the patient to engage reasoned comments which get drowned out by reactive posts and one-liners. He argues the forum has cease to serve its intellectual or civic function, and that he left, because he feared he is not immune from such needs, which if not met, can cause him to be disillusioned, and to compensate, he has to respond quickly without thoughts, impairing his cognitive function.

So he spoke about the race and scramble to be the first to comment. Not to contribute depth, but simply to be ‘seen’.

This performative urgency “first to comment,” “front/first page,” “top reply” … he emphasized was some sort of echo or a kind of low-stakes celebrity, and a microdose of relevance in the users of the platform.

“But relevance to whom?” I asked. “Do you know most users remain anonymous, cloaked behind pseudonyms? And that’s there are no tangible rewards, no compensation, no credits, no career gains?” I persisted.

He said such behavior spoke to something deeper than boredom or habit and that it speaks to the increasingly fragile ways in which people seek validation online. The desire to be seen, to be early, to be reacted to…even without name or face. He points out that it offers a fleeting sense of identity which is hollowed out of real connection. He said, privately, users might measure their worth by comparing how they stack up against others, but that dangerously, the users become clouded in stacking up, that their metric isn’t insight or empathy but rather, what becomes prioritized is timing, provocation, and numbers, which in reality creeps into their normal functioning, as people are mostly what they are, indoors.



I didn’t know when I kept nodding as he said that Nairaland has become an extreme echo chamber of digital desperation. He added that it is not simply the platform problem although Reddit didn’t reward such behavior, allowing comments that appears to be based on ranking; but he say, all of our cultural anxiety from using social media is spurred by a fear that we nurse of not being heard in a world where everyone is speaking.

I left, saying, well, I will be less reactive , and not necessarily address the forum topic, rather, there will be an intention going forward, and a realization that attention is not connection. Noise is not relevance. And racing to be first is rarely the path to wisdom. That way, I contribute to the platform devolving away from a space where performance trumps substance, and virality trumps value.

The discuss above has been on my mind for a while now. Nairaland has bcom a shadow of itself.

Victor na Horse - Eshin !

In order words osimeh is technically the number 1,if the stats are followed vividly

othermen:
Not about Osimhen though.

Yesterday, I opened this platform in a conference, and a psychiatrist who sat beside me had a brief conversation with me about the platform. Nairaland was his avenue to get a position for his senior residency over a decade ago…and he spoke about a litter of forums that were on the page designed to encourage critical reflection, dialogue, and shared critique around news events too. But he spoke in such a manner that this was no longer so.

I mentioned that there were other forums that cultivate that habit, but most users are unwilling to engage. They just want the forum on the front page. Then we got into, giving back to the platform by sharing opportunities and other resourceful ideas… but he said the platform has become a garbage of “Performative Engagement.” and other things about overly tribal sentiments … that I struggled to disagree with in the face of evidence.


The conversation got me thinking about deeper psychological undercurrents that shapes user (our) behavior.

I agreed with him that increasingly the platform has become a theater which he described as ‘a place where users chase visibility through shock value and speed, rather than insight.’

Outrageous news stories, often unverified and sensationalized, are uploaded not to inform or analyze, but to bait attention. And with these deteriorated content quality, most viewers don’t even have the patient to engage reasoned comments which get drowned out by reactive posts and one-liners. He argues the forum has cease to serve its intellectual or civic function, and that he left, because he feared he is not immune from such needs, which if not met, can cause him to be disillusioned, and to compensate, he has to respond quickly without thoughts, impairing his cognitive function.

So he spoke about the race and scramble to be the first to comment. Not to contribute depth, but simply to be ‘seen’.

This performative urgency “first to comment,” “front/first page,” “top reply” … he emphasized was some sort of echo or a kind of low-stakes celebrity, and a microdose of relevance in the users of the platform.

“But relevance to whom?” I asked. “Do you know most users remain anonymous, cloaked behind pseudonyms? And that’s there are no tangible rewards, no compensation, no credits, no career gains?” I persisted.

He said such behavior spoke to something deeper than boredom or habit and that it speaks to the increasingly fragile ways in which people seek validation online. The desire to be seen, to be early, to be reacted to…even without name or face. He points out that it offers a fleeting sense of identity which is hollowed out of real connection. He said, privately, users might measure their worth by comparing how they stack up against others, but that dangerously, the users become clouded in stacking up, that their metric isn’t insight or empathy but rather, what becomes prioritized is timing, provocation, and numbers, which in reality creeps into their normal functioning, as people are mostly what they are, indoors.



I didn’t know when I kept nodding as he said that Nairaland has become an extreme echo chamber of digital desperation. He added that it is not simply the platform problem although Reddit didn’t reward such behavior, allowing comments that appears to be based on ranking; but he say, all of our cultural anxiety from using social media is spurred by a fear that we nurse of not being heard in a world where everyone is speaking.

I left, saying, well, I will be less reactive , and not necessarily address the forum topic, rather, there will be an intention going forward, and a realization that attention is not connection. Noise is not relevance. And racing to be first is rarely the path to wisdom. That way, I contribute to the platform devolving away from a space where performance trumps substance, and virality trumps value.

The density of the diction here though... Looks like show off.. But the points are valid

victor is the best check jis appearance and goals he scored...
he would break the records before he reaches 50 appearance

The statistics is powerful! 28 goals in less than 33 games!

He (Osimhen) is indeed a legend!

Good4him, not upto seasons sef

Ok