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The 24-year-old Napoli man picked up the prize at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards on Monday night, seeing off competition from Egypt captain Mohamed Salah and Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi. For Osimhen, who grew up on the dusty streets of Olusosun in Lagos, it is a "dream come true" after facing the stark reality of life as a child. After scoring 26 goals to help Napoli to a first Italian league title in 33 years, Osimhen became the first Nigerian to win the Caf's men's award since former Arsenal forward Nwankwo Kanu in 1999. "What Osimhen has done is incredible… Scoring goals may be easy in England but doing so in Italy is not because they are defensively and tactically strong," ex-Arsenal and Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who won the award in 2008, told Caf TV. With former Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, himself a two-time Caf Footballer of the Year, describing the former Lille striker as Africa's new footballing royalty, there are now hopes that he can spur Nigeria on to a new era of success.

SOURCE: BBC