Rave of the moment for both the Super Eagles and Lille Metropole Football Club of France, Victor Osimhen, has expressed his gratitude to former Super Eagles player, Emmanuel Amuneke. He attributed his success to good tutorial from Amuneke.
Osimhen spearheaded the Golden Eaglets attack at the 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Chile, breaking the highest goal scorer record, and becoming the first and only player till date to have scored in all the matches played at the cadet world championship.
This feat couldn’t have been achieved if not for Amuneke who coached the team to its fifth triumph at the world showpiece, making Nigeria the most decorated team in the cadet tournament.
Amuneke kept faith with the lanky young striker, assisting him to achieve the feat, which has seen him become the beautiful bride among top European Club sides.
Osimhen has remained grateful to the former Tanzanian National team coach.
In an interview, Osimhen said Amuneke impacted his career and made him what he is today.
“I would rewind to when I joined the Under-17, when I first went to the camp. In my own mentality, I felt the coach didn’t like me, I don’t know why but, for me, I thought he didn’t like me or something like that.
“Every time he would speak to me he would yell at me. On the pitch, he would do so many things to me but for me I thought he was making me to suffer or something like that. There was a time when I wanted to leave the camp. I spoke to the coordinator and he told me to be calm and be patient that the coach knows what he’s doing,” he said.
“For me I think when you have chosen this path you have to be disciplined. Discipline is the first thing, whether you have a coach or you don’t have a coach guiding you, I think discipline is the first thing, and I’m really happy I went through coach Emmanuel Amuneke.
“Everything I am today, everything I would be in the future, I attribute almost half of my success to him. Whatever I’ve achieved, he really set my path, he really made me to understand that life is not all about talent, you have to work hard, be disciplined and listen to the coach’s instruction, either on the pitch or off the pitch. I think other players that played under him can testify, not just me.”
Osimhen scored a total of 23 club goals in 2019 for Charleroi (11) and Lille (13). He has also featured in all but one league game (18) for Lille, while also featuring in five UCL games.
Barcelona, Liverpool, Chelsea, Wolfsburg Football Club Sides are all jostling for his signature.
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