Napoli legend Careca compares Osimhen to Pele

Napoli legend Careca has compared Partenopei striker Victor Osimhen to world football legend, Brazil’s Pele who died late last year.

Osimhen has been one of the most potent goalscorers in the top five European leagues this season and he is one of four players who have scored 15+ goals in Europe’s top five leagues so far this season alongside Man City’s Erling Haaland, Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Reims of France Nigeria-eligible forward, Folarin Balogun.

The Nigerian could cement a unique legacy in Naples, if he does take the club to the first Scudetto since the Diego Maradona days. And one of Maradona’s former Napoli teammates – Careca, who scored 96 times in 221 games for the Partenopei told Italian news outlet, Calciomercato Osimhen is the real deal.

“He (Osimhen) is very strong and he will become even stronger because he wants to improve and still has a little something to work on. But he is unstoppable and he has an impressive physical superpower.

In the goal scored against Roma, I saw something similar to Pelé. He dominated the ball, dominated the defender and smashed the goal. In that goal, there is everything, technique, malice and power.”