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With the 2022/23 season midway and action back in full swing after the World Cup break, a host of Nigerian footballers are making their mark in Europe, topping their club’s scorers charts, writesOsimhen looks head and shoulders above the continent’s other goal-getters at the moment and added his 10th league goal of the season on Sunday as Napoli defeated Sampdoria 2-0 away.
The former Lille man’s impressive scoring form also saw him equal a record set by the legendary George Weah in the Italian topflight. The 28-year-old is Genk’s top scorer and has scored exactly double of the number of goals scored by the club’s second top scorer, Bryan Heynen.Akpom’s meteoric rise this season has stunned many, as the Arsenal academy graduate kept scoring goals with reckless abandon.Since the former Manchester United midfielder took over at the Riverside on October 24, Akpom has netted 10 goals in 11 matches in all competitions, all of which have been scored inside the box.
Akpom is thriving and it will take something special to displace him as the league’s in-form frontman.After finishing the 2021/22 season as the top scorer in Saudi Arabia, contributing 24 goals for Al-Shabab and Al Hilal, Ighalo is enjoying another stellar season with Al Hilal in the Saudi Arabia Professional League with his goalscoring form getting better despite his age.
However, his loan spell has been nothing short of magical and the forward has proven himself as a consistent goalscorer in Ligue 1 and is currently Reims’ top scorer.
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