Maradona's Record Equaled by Osimhen with Napoli
With his hat-trick against Sassuolo in Serie A, the Nigerian forward matched a record set by the eternal idol of the Napoli team.
Napoli's Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen, who netted a hat-trick against Sassuolo (1-6) in Serie A on Wednesday, equaled a record set by Argentine Diego Armando Maradona by scoring at least 10 goals in 4 consecutive seasons.
Osimhen is the undisputed leader of this Napoli side, which is currently going through a rough patch, and a hero in the city that Diego Armando Maradona led to the pinnacle with two 'Scudetti' in the late 80s.
Now, the current idol and the idol of Napoli's fans share a record, as they are two of the three players in the club's history to have scored at least 10 goals in 4 consecutive seasons.
Osimhen achieved this between 2020 and 2024, while Maradona did it between 1984 and 1988. The third player was the Italo-Paraguayan Atilla Sallustro, a Napoli legend, who achieved it between 1929 and 1933.
