Napoli and Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen has been named the ‘best striker’ of the 2022/23 Serie A season.
The league announced the winner in a statement on their social media handle on Friday.
The 24-year-old Nigerian striker was among the five “most valuable players” in various positions in 2022/2023 Serie A season.
The statement reads, “Lega Serie A today announced the MVPs of Serie A 2022/2023: the best under-23, goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker will receive the trophy on the pitch on the final matchday of the season,”
“The rankings were drawn up taking into account the advanced analysis of Stats Perform, created from the tracking data recorded with the Hawk-Eye system.”
Osimhen has been on fire for Napoli this season, scoring 25 goals and helping the Parthenopeans win their first Scudetto in 33 years with relative ease.
Osimhen’s teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia won the league’s overall best player award with 12 goals and ten assists along with a superior array of skill, dribbling, personality, and originality.
Ivan Provedel of Lazio was awarded the best goalkeeper, with Juventus’ Nicolo Fagioli being chosen the greatest under-23 player.
While Nicol Barella of Inter Milan earned the award for best midfielder, Minjae Kim was named the league’s finest defender.
