Top 5 Nigerian football players of the season 2022/23

The 2022/23 season in European football has been a successful one for a number of Nigerian players who have won trophies for their teams and progressed in the European top leagues. Your attention to the TOP 5 players of the Nigerian national team in the completed football season.

Victor Osimhen (Napoli)

Of course, the most successful season 2022/23 was for the main star of Nigerian football, Victor Osimhen. The Napoli striker won Serie A with his side, fulfilling a long-time dream of the fans of the Neapolitan team, which has not become the best in Italy since Diego Maradona. Napoli also excelled in the Champions League - especially in the group stage, when Luciano Spalletti's team demonstrated, probably, the best football in Europe.

Osimhen scored 31 goals in all matches of the season for Napoli in 39 games and is now the player that many of Europe's top clubs want to get their hands on. In particular, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain. But Napoli want at least £110m for the player, which is a little scaring off buyers. Osimhen is not opposed to moving to the English Premier League, but he feels comfortable in Napoli.

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Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)

Winger Ademola Lukman could not find a team in which he would steadily progress. At one time he showed himself well, playing on loan for Red Bull Leipzig. But when I got into the German team for a permanent contract, I passed. Luckman then had good loan seasons at Fulham and Leicester, but both teams were unable to pull off his full transfer. So Lukman ended up in Atalanta.

Ademola finally found his team in Bergamo and spent probably the best season of his career. He has 15 goals in all competitions, several assists, a mature and consistent game in one of the best teams in Italy, which experienced a slight decline last season.

Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest)

Powerful striker Taiwo Awoniyi was among the many newcomers to the Nottingham Forest club, which bought extraordinary before the start of the Premier League, updating almost the entire team. Taiwo took time to adjust in the Premier League but began to score regularly in the second part of the season. In many ways, it was Taiwo's goals that helped the Foresters to add closer to the middle of the season and, as a result, maintain their place in the elite of English football.

Compared to the season in the Berlin Union, Avoniyya's performance decreased (10 goals in the championship after 15), but it was much more difficult to score as part of Nottingham. After all, the debutant fought for survival, and Avoniya himself had to face the best defenders of the planet. Almost all the striker's goals brought invaluable points to the team. Because Taiwo is called one of the best players of the season in Forest.

Calvin Bassey (Ajax)
 

Versatile defender Calvin Bassi spent his first season at Ajax since joining Rangers. The club from Amsterdam paid 20 million pounds for him and highly appreciated the potential of Bassi.

Despite a bad season for Ajax - the team gave the title to Feyenoord and failed in the Champions League - the defender's shares remain high. A number of Premier League clubs are interested in him, including Arsenal, who followed the defender in the summer. Calvin will probably return to Britain soon.

Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal)
 

Winger Samuel Chukwueze will count the colors of Villarreal for five seasons, having won the Europa League of the 2020/21 season with this team. For the "Yellow Submarine" last season was not the best, but personally for Chukwese it turned out to be perfect - the Nigerian scored 13 goals in all tournaments, which is more than in the previous two seasons combined.

Chukwueza was named the best African player in La Liga for the 2022/23 season. It looks like it's time for him to leave Villarreal this summer in search of a new challenge. The footballer is of interest to a number of Premier League clubs, in particular Aston Villa, where the former head coach of Villarreal Unai Emery is successfully working. Previously, interest in Chukwueza from other English teams was written regularly and, probably, Samuel himself would like to try himself in England in the near future.