{"id":76919,"date":"2023-10-31T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=76919"},"modified":"2023-12-02T04:16:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T03:16:43","slug":"ballon-dor-awards-victor-osimhen-ranked-8th-best-footballer-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ballon-dor-awards-victor-osimhen-ranked-8th-best-footballer-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballon D\u2019or Awards: Victor Osimhen Ranked 8th Best Footballer In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Super Eagles star, Victor Osimhen made history on Monday night, October 30 as the first Napoli player and Nigerian footballer to make the top 10 of the Ballon d\u2019Or rankings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Edo born striker is the No. 8 best football player in the world on the 2023 Ballon d\u2019Or list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Nigeria international contributed to Napoli\u2019s first Serie A title in 33 years, becoming the 2022\u201323 top scorer in the league with 26 goals in 32 appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Napoli also reached the Champions League quarterfinals last season, the best result for the Partenopei in Europe\u2019s elite competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Osimhen netted five times in six Champions League games last season, and individual achievements, combined with Napoli\u2019s results, have allowed the 24-year-old to earn a spot in the top 10 of this year\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ruud Krol finished 15th in 1980, meaning this is the best finish for a Napoli player in the history of the prestigious award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The other players included in the top 10 are Julian Alvarez, Kevin de Bruyne, Erling Haaland, Lylian Mbapp\u00e9, Leo Messi, Luka Modric, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, and Vini Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Osimhen\u2019s teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia finished 17th, while Inter stars Lautaro Martinez and Nicol\u00f2 Barella finished 20th and 27th, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Eagles star, Victor Osimhen made history on Monday night, October 30 as the first Napoli player and Nigerian footballer to make the top 10 of the Ballon d\u2019Or rankings.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":78151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22],"tags":[10544],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-76919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-sports","tag-victor-osimhen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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