Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has broken Cristiano Ronaldo’s four years record to become Serie A’s jump-king.
Gatekeepers News reports that Osimhen broke Ronaldo’s record after a leap of 2.58 metres during Napoli’s impressive 3-0 win away to Spezia.
The Nigerian international achieved the incredible feat when he netted his first goal – Napoli’s second of the day – against the Little Eagles at the Stadio Alberto Picco.
Osimhen has scored great headers during his career, but the goal against Spezia was truly extraordinary and could go down as a contender for the greatest headed goal in football history.
The 24-year-old produced a staggering 71cm leap and reached a height of 8.47ft (2.58m) – higher than the crossbar (8ft) – before heading past Spezia goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski in the 68th minute.
Osimhen, with that jump, climbed to a height of 2.58 metres – a mark typical of elite NBA stars.
With this, he set a new Italian Serie A record, rubbing off the previous 2.56 metres mark set by Ronaldo for Juventus against Sampdoria in 2019.
It is also a new personal career high for the Nigerian international whose previous mark was at 2.52m set against Torino at the Diego Maradona Stadium last season.
Meanwhile, the world record of 2.62m set by Ugandan defender Bevis Mugabi in the Scottish Championship in January 2021 remains intact.
