Lille Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen wins Marc Vivien Foe Award
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| LOSC Lille Nigerian pro striker Victor Osimhen. Photo: Aude Alcover/Icon Sport via Getty Images |
Victor Osimhen, Nigerian pro striker who plays for French Ligue 1 club LOSC Lille,
has clinched the Marc Vivien Foe Award which is presented to the Best Player in the French Ligue 1.
Algeria striker Islam Slimani and Morocco international defender Yunis Abdelhamid emerged second and third respectively.
Moses Simon who plays for Nantes was also on the list of players vying for the award, however, he emerged 11th best among Africa players in the French top flight.
Slimani spent last season on loan at Monaco while Abdelhamid plays for Reims.
LOSC Lille congratulates 🇳🇬 Victor Osimhen for winning the Award 🔥
🔥 King @victorosimhen9 🔥— LOSC Lille EN (@LOSC_EN) June 29, 2020
Congrats to our super 🇳🇬 striker who wins the 2020 #PrixMarcVivienFoe by @RFI as the best African player in @Ligue1_ENG 👏 🙌 pic.twitter.com/4wLluIKtoR
Osimhen, 21, is the youngest player ever to clinch the award after emerging top from a poll of about 100 experts in football across the media to take over from former Lille player Nicolas Pepe, who currently plays for English Premier League club Arsenal.
Victor Osimhen helped LOSC Lille finish fourth on the French Ligue 1 table after netting 13 times for the club. It was his debut with The Mastiffs as well as scored twice in six games for the club in the UEFA Champions League 2019-20.
Congrats to Victor Osimhen on winning the Marc Vivien Foe Award 🇳🇬
Congrats to @NGSuperEagles striker @victorosimhen9 who is the winner of the 2020 #PrixMarcVivienFoe Award by@RFI for best African player in @Ligue1_ENG. Soar on Vic! #SoarSuperEagles #Team9jaStrong #VictorOsimhen pic.twitter.com/rlr6pcqfd2— 🇳🇬 Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) June 29, 2020
The Nigeria international has been linked with a move away from the French club to SSC Napoli an Italian top flight outfit.
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