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Legendary Etim Esin Reveals How Victor Osimhen Can Surpass Rashidi Yekini’s Records

POSTED ON August 28, 2023 •   Football      BY Ugwuagwu John

Former Nigerian superstar Etim Esin has stated that in-form striker Victor Osimhen can surpass the records set by the late legend Rashidi Yekini.

Yekini remains Nigeria’s all-time record scorer with 37 goals, and more than ten years after his death, no one has been able to hit his marks. The late icon was part of the Super Eagles squad for fifteen years, with Segun Odegbami, a 1980 AFCON winner, in a distant second with 23 goals, while former Everton striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni is third with 21 goals. Having scored 17 goals in 25 matches for the national team, 24-year-old Osimhen seems to be catching up, and the Napoli forward has the potential of surpassing the record. The striker has already reached the 100-goal mark at club level. In an interaction with Complete Sports, Etim Esin suggested that Osimhen can go all the way in erasing Yekini’s record. Esin said: “If he stays fit I think he can overhaul Yekini’s record. Besides, age is on his side and with the fact that he has already broken George Weah and Samuel Eto’o’s record in Serie A, I believe he can as well with the Super Eagles. “Again, you have to consider the fact that players that surrounded Yekini then such as Amuneke, Finidi George, Okocha, Oliseh and others are talented players and they made Yekini’s goal scoring so easy. “But for Osimhen, you will observe that when he comes to Nigeria he always struggle to score goals sometimes due to the caliber of players he’s surrounded with. “But then if he can get that creative players that can deliver passes for him, I am confident he will beat Yekini’s record. Like you know, Osimhen’s is very good in the air, strong and can use both legs to score goals.”

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