Victor Oshimen Equals Rashidi Yekini And Elkanah Onyeali Records

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has equaled the scoring feat of the Elkanah Onyeali and the late Rashidi Yekini following the Super Eagles 10-0 win against São Tomé and Principe on Monday in Morocco.

The Napoli forward scored four of the ten goals which gave Nigeria an outrageous 10-0 away win which confirmed it was a mismatch.

He scored in the 9th, 48th, 65th and 84th minutes to become the third Nigerian to score four goals in a single match behind Elkanah Onyeali in November 28th, 1959 in Lagos, and Rashidi Yekini in July 27th, 1991 in a 7-1 win of Burkina Faso.

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Terem Moffi scored a brace while Ademola Lookman, Moses Simon, Oghenekaro Etebo and Emmanuel Dennis each got a goal.

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According to Opta Nigeria, Osimhen is the first player to score four goals in a match for Nigeria since Yekini scored four in Nigeria’s 7-1 win over Burkina Faso 1991.

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Super Eagles now go top of group A after two wins in the qualifiers, with a total number of twelve goals scored in just two matches.

Their next clash in the 2023 AFCON qualifier will be against Guinea-Bissau in September 2022.