Osimhen reveals his favourite player and more

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SUPER EAGLES Osimhen reveals his favourite player and more

Tunde Young 22:31 - 20.02.2023

Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen made some revelations about his favourite player, his best moment at Napoli, his early days as a defender etc.

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen made some surprising revelations about his career so far in an interview with Sorare and Napoli tagged #GetToKnow

The 24-year-old answered quick-fire questions about his career alongside Napoli teammate Hirving Lozano in a video shared by both Napoli and Sorare on social media.

Osimhen answered a wide range of questions and made some interesting revelations including the fact that he started his career as a defender early on.

Osimhen answers questions about Napoli

The interview began with Osimhen getting asked about his favourite Napoli memory to which he replied with the recent 5-1 drubbing of Juventus.

"Ï think the game against Juventus was extraordinary, it was an amazing performance from the whole squad, I think the win will stay with us forever," Osimhen responded.

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"Maradona is the greatest player to ever play this game, so to step on the pitch where he has made history, for me I think there is no better feeling than this one," the Nigerian said on how it feels to play at the Diego Maradona stadium for Napoli.

On the question of his favourite Napoli legend, Osimhen's answer was similar to the last, "everyone's favourite of course, Maradona" he said assuredly.

Osimhen speaks on career so far

On his career, Osimhen was asked about his favourite football player growing up to which he responded with Didier Drogba, the Ivorian legend with whom he has been compared a lot.

Victor Osimhen looked up to Didier Drogba growing up

"Growing up I started to watch Didier Drogba, how he plays to try to see what makes a lot of people consider him as one of the greatest strikers to ever play this game," the 24-year-old said.

The prolific striker also revealed that he played in defence when asked about his position growing up, "I was actually a defender."

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Osimhen also added that his favourite things to collect are sneakers to wrap up the personal revelations about himself to Sorare.

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