Nigerian football stars have been hitting the 100-goal mark in their respective football careers with Victor Osimhen being the latest.
Osimhen spent time at RSC Charleroi and Lille after he made his debut for Wolfsburg in 2017 and he went on to join Napoli in 2020.
Since then, the Nigerian football star has grown to be one of the hottest strikers in all of Europe scoring 62 goals for the Serie A side in just 103 games.
While the Lagos-born striker hit the 100-goal landmark, it is noteworthy that he is not the only Nigerian to do so neither is he the first.
Futballnews brings you the other notable Nigerian football stars that have scored 100 goals and more playing for their respective clubs.
Rashidi Yekini
First on our list is the Nigerian legend and former African Player of the Year, Yekini – who scored 483 goals in 673 appearances before retiring in 2005.
At the international level, Yekini scored 37 goals for Nigeria in 62 appearances, and he is the national record goal scorer.
Cyriel Dessers
Dessers enjoyed a successful 2021/22 season on at Feyenoord and the one-cap Nigerian international scored 20 goals across all competitions that season.
He also finished as Europa Conference League top scorer with 10 goals from 12 matches guiding Feyenoord to the final where they lost to Roma.
Nigerian star Dessers who currently plays for Rangers reached a landmark of 100 goals in his entire club career on May 8, 2022 and he is currently one of the top guns on our list with 113 club career goals.
Odion Ighalo
Ighalo is one of the most prolific Nigerian striker. He has scored 219 goals in his club career playing for 12 different clubs.
Asisat Oshoala
Oshoala is currently one of Nigerian hottest female strikers and has scored 134 club goals which has made her one of the best in the world.
Obafemi Martins
Nigerian striker Martins before he retired in 2021, bagged a total of 183 goals in 488 club appearances.
Martins enjoyed wonderful spells in the Serie A, English Premier League, Bundesliga, Russian League, La Liga, MLS, and the Chinese Super League.
The former striker left the pitch with a record of five goals for the first time for Italian side, Inter Milan, in the UEFA Champions League in the 2004/2005 campaign, but was equaled by Osimhen in April.
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
The Nigerian is ranked amongst the best strikers in the Premier League where he scored 113 goals in one of the toughest leagues in the world.
Yaks, as he was fondly called, scored 102 goals after leaving the Premier League, taking his total goals tally to 215 goals.
Jonathan Akpoborie
Akpoborie, 58, is a Bundesliga legend who scored 161 club goals in 372 games, mostly in Germany.
While playing in the league, he scored 38 goals for Stuttgarter Kickers, 32 goals for VfB Stuttgart, 21 goals for VfL Wolfsburg with 28 and 21 goals for FC Carl Zeiss Jena and FC Hansa Rostock respectively.
Osaze Odemwingie
Odemwingie mostly played as a right winger but he managed to score 133 goals in his club career.
The Nigerian football star had a fairly successful time at The Hawthorns before further spells at Cardiff City, Stoke City, Bristol City, and Rotherham.
Ikechukwu Uche
The 2013 AFCON winner bagged 121 club goals before his retirement with all the goals scored in Spain.
He played for Villarreal and Recreativo and the Nigerian scored 83 goals combined.
Kanu Nwankwo
Kanu was a member of the Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ squad of 2003/04 and also won several trophies with the Gunners.
In the Premier League alone, he scored 54 goals for Arsenal and had a total of 109 goals throughout his club career.
Victor Ikpeba
The prince of Monaco as he is fondly called bagged about 114 goals from 367 club appearances.
He also won the 1997 CAF African Footballer of the Year and is one of the most decorated African players.
John Utaka
Utaka who won the 2008 FA Cup bagged a total of 114 goals from 510 appearances and he enjoyed spells in Ligue 1, Premier League and Egyptian League.
Perpetua Nkwocha
The Nigerian star was prolific in front of goal, though some of her records are unavailable, but she scored 32 goals for Swedish team, Sunnana SK.
Reports by FIFA also states that she she scored 80 international goals – a remarkable average of 0.8 goals a game.
Mercy Akide
Another prolific attacker on our list is Akide. She was the first African Woman Footballer of the Year in 2000 and miles ahead of her peers.
Her records just like her compatriots are a bit sketchy. The 47-year-old is believed to have scored over 80 goals during her career.
