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Osimhen tops AFCON 2023 qualifiers scorers’ chart

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Victor Osimhen has emerged as the top scorer of the qualifying series of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

His three goals in the 6-0 defeat of Sao Tome & Principe brought his total to 10, five more than his closest rival, Senegal Sadio Mane.

His topping of goal chart could also put him in the frame to win the African Footballer of the Year award holding in Morocco in December.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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