Super Eagles attacker, Victor Osimhen has won the Footballer of the Year prize for 2023 at the AIC Oscar del Calcio Awards.
Osimhen also became the first African player to win the Golden Boot in the Italian league.
He was instrumental for Napoli as they raced to their first Serie A title in 33 years earlier in the year.
The Nigerian scored 26 league goals to land the gong at the Italian Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year award ceremony on Monday night.
“Victor Osimhen is the 2022/23 Footballer of the Year,” the awardees tweeted while announcing the 24-year-old as the winner.
Apart from winning the individual prize, Osimhen also earned a spot in the Serie A Team of the Year alongside teammates Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Kim Min-jae.
