Taiwo Awoniyi and Victor Osimhen have followed similar career paths. Both players owe their emergence to the scouting and coaching work of the Manu Garba-led coaching team at Nigeria’s U-17 national team level.
Awoniyi won the U-17 World Cup with Nigeria in 2013, scoring four goals. Osimhen also won the U-17 World Cup two years later, scoring 10 goals. Both are tall, languid but fast and have been compared with Nigeria’s legendary goal scorer, the late Rashidi Yekini. They are also nearly of the same height. Awoniyi is one inch taller than his compatriot, standing at 193cm to Osimhen’s 191cm.
Both also signed for big clubs at a very young age. Awoniyi signed for Liverpool in 2015 at 18; Osimhen for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga in 2017. They also both went through the proverbial football wilderness. Awoniyi did not play a single competitive match for until they sold him to Union Berlin in August 2021 while Osimhen made 16 unheralded appearances for Wolfsburg without scoring a goal.Napoli striker, Victor OsimhenIn 2019, Osimhen agreed to a loan deal to modest Belgian side, Charleroi, and his career tookoff once again. A move to Ligue 1 swiftly followed that one season in Belgium with a harvest of goals for Lille drawing the attention of Serie A giants, Napoli. His $79.
Attention Jide Alaka, Victor Osimhen played under Emmunuel Amunike not Manu Garba!
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