Nigerian international Victor Osimhen 🇳🇬 breaks Samuel Eto’o’s 🇨🇲 African Serie A record

Nigerian international Victor Osimhen has broken Samuel Eto’o’s record of most goals scored by an African in a Serie A season.

Scorer of Napoli’s equalizer against Udinese and his 22nd league goal of the season, Victor Osimhen surpassed Samuel Eto’o’s tally of 21 goals for Inter Milan in 2010/2011.

Below is a list of most goals scored by an African in a Serie A season.

1. Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
Nigeria
22 goals
2022/2023

2. Samuel Eto’o(Inter Milan)
Cameroon
21 goals
2010/2011

3. Simy Nwankwo(Crotone)
Nigeria
20 goals
2020/2021

4. Keita Balde (Lazio)
Senegal
16 goals
2016/2017

5. Mohammed Salah(Roma)
Egypt
15 goals
2016/2017