Super Eagles: Alex Iwobi beats Victor Osimhen to become highest paid Nigerian footballer
Napoli for a club-record fee of €70 million.
He won the Serie A Best Young Player award in the 2021–22 season.
He is currently the highest goalscoring African in the Serie A and holds the record for the most goals scored by an African in a single season.
Victor Osimhen is one of the highest-paid Nigerian footballers in 2023
Victor Osimhen is one of the highest-paid Nigerian footballers in 2023
Osimhen won the Golden Boot award at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won.
He made his senior international debut in June 2017 and played at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He is currently the joint sixth all-time highest goalscorer of the Nigeria national team.
On May 29, 2023, Osimhen was made a Member of the Federal Republic by President Muhammadu Buhari.
1. Alex Iwobi (Everton) – £120,000 per week
Iwobi is the highest-paid Nigerian footballer in 2023
Iwobi is the highest-paid Nigerian footballer in 2023
Alexander Chuka Iwobi is a 27-year-old Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Everton and the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
As of July 2023, Alex Iwobi is the highest-paid Nigerian footballer with a remarkable weekly salary of £120,000 at Everton.
Iwobi began his career at Arsenal, making 149 appearances and scoring 15 goals, and winning the FA Cup in 2017, as well as scoring in the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final.
In August 2019, he transferred to Everton for an initial £28 million fee.
Alex Iwobi is the highest-paid Nigerian footballer in 2023
Iwobi represented England up to under-18 level.
He made his senior international debut for Nigeria in October 2015, and was part of their squads at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 and 2021, finishing third at the 2019 tournament.
Iwobi was named in the Nigeria squad for the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in 2022.
He was given a red card five minutes after coming on as a substitute in the knockout stage match against Tunisia, a match Nigeria lost 0–1.
Since his debut, he has been a mainstay in the Super Eagles team and is also famous for being the cousin of Nigerian football legend Jay-Jay Okocha.