Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has placed himself in an illustrious list of highest jumps in football.
The Napoli forward rose highest against Monza on Sunday to head Napoli back into the game.
The Lagos born star was scoring his twelfth goal of the campaign and it has now placed him amongst some of the best players in the world.
Osimhen’s header wasn’t the first time the lanky striker was rising that high and it is one of his previous jumps that places him in the 5th position of the highest football jumps.
The 25 year old leaped 2.58m against Spezia in 2023, the jump places him forth behind players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Fikayo Tomori.
Ronaldo appears five times on the list with Zlatan Ibrahimovic also present.
- Ronaldo vs Wales in July 2016 – 2.42m
- Ronaldo vs Osasuna in November 2011 – 2.44m
- Ronaldo vs Torino in May 2019 – 2.47m
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs Inter in February 2020 – 2.53m (assist)
- Ronaldo vs Sampdoria in December 2019 – 2.56m
- Osimhen vs Spezia in February 2023 – 2.58m
- Tomori vs Juventus in May 2021 – 2.61m
- Bevis Mugabi vs Ross County in January 2021 – 2.62m
- Youssef En-Nesyri vs Portugal in December 2022 – 2.78m
- Ronaldo vs Manchester United in February 2013 – 2.93m
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