2021 AFCON Qualifiers: Osimhen Emerges Joint Top Scorer
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Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen has been named joint top scorer of the 2021 AFCON qualifiers with five goals, same as Zambia’s Patson Daka.
Former Eagles striker Odion Ighalo also finished top scorer of the 2019 AFCON qualifiers with eight goals.
Recall that Ighalo went on to finish top scorer of the tournament proper in Egypt with five goals.
Alex Iwobi scored three goals, while Paul Onuachu and Samuel Chukwueze netted two goals apiece.
A total of 334 goals were scored in 150 matches in the qualifying tournament for the AFCON to be staged in Cameroon in January.