27/02/2026
🚨 Victor Osimhen: “I left home with a backpack and two pairs of clothes. The one I was wearing, and a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐭 in my bag. We drove to Abuja in the oldest car you can imagine, and we arrived at midnight. The next morning, the sun came up and I saw 1 million kids with a dream”. 💭✨
“Maybe 1 million is an exaggeration, but not by much. There must have been 900 kids waiting outside this stadium. The first day, I didn’t even get on the pitch. The second day, one of the coaches finally 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞”. 🫵🏾
🗣️ 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕. 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔.
“Just 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. I knew that the only way to impress them was to run. So I ran until I was 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝”. 🥵🩸
“I ended up 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.
I thought that maybe I had a chance. But then the coaches got on a microphone, and they addressed the crowd. They called out some names, and I did not hear my name”. ⚽️⚽️
“𝐌𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝. I was just about to get in the car when I heard people shouting”.
🗣️ 𝑯𝒆𝒚! 𝑯𝒆𝒚! 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏!
“I turned around, and some kids were waving to me.
I pointed to my chest, like in the movies”.
🗣️ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏!
“I ran back over to them, and they said ‘Hey, the coach wants to see you. The team doctor told him you were the guy who scored two goals. Are you the guy?’.” 😲
“I said, ‘I’m the guy!!! 𝐈’𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐘!!!’” 🙋🏾♂️
“I went back into the stadium and the doctor was pointing at me and 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬. He said, ‘That’s the kid’.” ✌🏻⚽️⚽️
“𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. If the team doctor didn’t do that, I would not be a footballer today. I would probably be at the bottom of a well”. 💚