A breakdown of Victor Osimhen’s Champions League goals
by The Stats Zone ·
Updated
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Flying the flag for Nigeria in the UEFA Champions League, Victor Osimhen has proven a consistent goalscorer in the competition and continues to find the net in multiple ways. Since opening his Champions League account for Lille back in 2019, the Super Eagles star has gone on to reach 17 goals in Europe’s premier club competition, scoring for Lille, Napoli and now Turkish giants Galatasaray.
Osimhen also boasts a Champions League hat-trick to his name, the first by a Super Eagles player since Yakubu for Maccabi Haifa against Olympiacos in September 2002, and the first for Galatasaray since Burak Yılmaz in 2012.
In this regularly updated piece, we break down all of the numbers related to the Nigerian's goal tally in the Champions League and analyse exactly how he scored those goals.
Last updated after his goal against Lille on Matchday 3 of the 2026-27 season
By Season
- 2025-26 represents Osimhen's best goal tally in a single Champions League campaign.
- The Super Eagles striker currently boasts eight Champions League goals for Galatasaray.
By Round
- Osimhen has already reached double figures in the group stage / league phase across his career.
- Of the six knockout stage goals scored by the Nigerian, four have come in the round of 16.
By Pitch Area
- 13 of Osimhen's Champions League goals have been scored from inside the penalty area (not including the six-yard box).
- He is still yet to find the net from outside the penalty area, further underlining his finishing prowess from close range.
Method Of Goals
- Osimhen has proven his ability to score goals in multiple ways, whether it be with his right foot, left foot or his head.
- The Super Eagles forward boasts as many Champions League headed goals as he does with his left foot.
Type Of Goals
- 82.4% of Osimhen's goals in Europe's marquee club competition have come from open play.
- Osimhen sealed his first ever Champions League hat-trick from the penalty spot in Galatasaray's victory away to Ajax on 5 November 2025.
By Half
- The Nigerian frontman has proven his potency in both halves of various Champions League fixtures, scoring nine second half goals compared to seven in the first half.
- Osimhen also has an extra-time goal to his name, which came against Juventus in the 2025-26 knockout phase play-offs.
By Minute
- 23.5% of Osimhen's goals have been scored between the 31st and 45th minute of games, as well as in the final 15 minutes of the second half (these segments include stoppage time goals).
- Osimhen has scored just once inside the first 15 minutes of a Champions League encounter.
Nations Scored Against
- A regular goalscorer for the Super Eagles in internationally, Osimhen boasts Champions League goals against clubs from eight different nations.
- Nigeria will have been watching with pride as Osimhen completed his hat-trick against Ajax in November 2025, making it four goals against Dutch clubs across his Champions League career.
Teams Scored Against
- Osimhen has scored more Champions League goals against the Dutch giants than any other club in the competition.
- Having also found the net against marquee European clubs such as Barcelona, Liverpool, AC Milan and Juventus, it underlines just how much of a star the African sensation has become.
Goalkeepers Scored Against
- All of Osimhen's goals against Ajax were conceded by Ramko Pasveer.
- 11 goalkeepers have conceded at least one goal at the hands of Osimhen, including Brazilian and French internationals Alisson Becker and Mike Maignan.
Top Assisters
- As it stands, only Baris Alper Yilmaz has assisted Osimhen more than once in the Champions League.
- A rival whilst playing for Cameroon against the Super Eagles, but a former teammate in club football, Frank Anguissa assisted an Osimhen goal in the Champions League whilst the pair played together at Napoli.
