Victor Osimhen won the Serie A title with Napoli last season and ended 2023 by being named African footballer of the year, but the striker reckons lifting the Cup of Nations with Nigeria might just top the lot.

Super Eagles are preparing to face hosts Ivory Coast in their second group game at this edition of the Afcon on Thursday and the forward said it will be one of his best moment.

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“It would be one of the best moments of my life,” the 25-year-old told AFP in Abidjan.

“I have done that with Napoli, I have made history, but no matter what I do, no matter how many goals I have scored, to be able to win the Afcon, I would go a long way in my life but probably when I do that I am done,” he admitted.

“I am really looking forward to winning something with the Super Eagles.”

Naturally, Osimhen is the centre of attention for the Nigerian team due to his success with Napoli, where he scored 26 goals in the previous campaign to help them win their first Scudetto since 1990.

With over 220 million people living there, the most populous country in Africa is watching him, but he is adamant that he can manage the strain.

“I have aimed high all my life, while growing up, and this pressure comes naturally.

“I am the kind of person who doesn’t fold under pressure,” he said while speaking at the Nigerian team hotel overlooking Abidjan’s Cocody Bay.

“As the pressure comes I take it into my head to try to give my best and do well for myself.

“So far so good, I have been doing well for my club and country, which I feel like is the most important thing,” said Osimhen, who pipped Achraf Hakimi and Mohamed Salah to the African player prize.

“To win the African player of the year is just the dream of every young African player. For me to have won it shows the kind of things I have put in, the hard work, the sweat, the tears.

“For me it is really a dream come true,” he added, appearing relaxed having just finished another interview with Togo’s 2008 African footballer of the year, Emmanuel Adebayor.