Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen has revealed that he plans to return to school and earn a university degree after retiring from football.
Osimhen disclosed this during an interview with Instablog TV, where he reflected on life beyond football and the importance of education.
“As an adult, not everything I learned in school. There are some kinds of life lessons you encounter through life’s journey,” Osimhen said.
“For me, it would be an amazing thing to also try to get a degree, which I’m still considering because football, you won’t play for so long, probably 20, 25 years, and then you’re done.”
Osimhen added that although he has other opportunities to fall back on after retiring from football, obtaining a university degree would be a personal accomplishment and a way to inspire younger people.
“In as much as I have a lot of things to fall back to when I’m done, I think it’s still important for me to set an example, to set a standard for the younger generation,” he said.
The 2023 African Player of the Year also encouraged young people who had to halt their education because of financial or personal difficulties, stressing that it is never too late to return to school.
“Even though you dropped out due to some kind of challenges you have, it’s something you can always go back to. School is always there.”
Osimhen was born in Lagos, Nigeria, as the youngest of seven children and was raised in the Olusosun area of Lagos, a densely populated community located near one of the city’s largest landfills.
Osimhen sold sachet water (“pure water”) and other items in Lagos traffic to help support his family after the death of his mother and his father’s job loss.
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He attended Olusosun Primary School, where his football talent began to draw attention, and later joined Ultimate Strikers Academy, a local football academy in Lagos, where his skills were nurtured and eventually led to his discovery by national team scouts.
His breakthrough came in 2015 when he was selected to represent Nigeria at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, where he emerged as the tournament’s top scorer with 10 goals and helped Nigeria win the title.
He was part of the Nigerian squad that won the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations under former Nigeria international Samson Siasia.
In 2017 he made his Super Eagles debut in a 2–0 defeat against South Africa one during the qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
He has gone on to represent Nigeria at three AFCONs – 2019, 2023 and 2025).
At club level he has featured for Wolfsburg, Lille, Charleroi, Napoli and currently plays for Turkish giants Galatasaray.
By James Agberebi
16 Comments
Hahahahahaha…
I thought as much!
I knew this dude is a school drop out…
Hahahahaha
I mean with the way he handled that finidi fallout….
With the way he fought with lookman…
Fought with his napoli coach…
Fought with napoli fans….
Fought with some tolotolo opposition teams…
Fought with that tunisian coach…
With the way he handles football decisions….
Like leaving napoli(italian league) at such a young age only to end up in a third class league to develop his career. …
Hahahahaha
Only illiterates and uneducated ones will make such silly decisions…
Hahahaha
What are we even expecting??
Hahahahaha
From someone that didn’t finish his secondary school education…..
Hahahahaha
For someone that little fame and money took by surprise….
Hahahahaha
Please do not make fun of him by mocking his literacy…
Most footballers aren’t educated yet some are intelligent enough to make good decisions that have helped blossomed there career.
However uneducated and stupid are not the same..
Meanwhile,I can see he hangs out with lads who love money and also love to flaunt cash.The likes of Davido Chief priest and their likes…
Sometimes I wonder the kind of orientation he gets from these blokes who only talk and show off money,the other day i was online and saw them eating at Chief Priests,Davido was also in the mix,they were occupied arguing over Christiano Ronaldo’s net worth.
Because Osimhen seems to chose money over fame and legacy he would enjoy in a lifetime and beyond playing for the best teams in Europe.
Hahahahahaha….
@greenturf that means he lacks the two then…..
Education and intelligence….
Hahahahaha
Which is very bad!!!
Thank you Greenhurf. The same reason he is always running away from friendly games and also attending parties when his mates are playing friendly games.
He is talented but he needs help like his friend here Dr drey
My brother they both need help…
Monkey Monkey
Kare
Hmmmmm “…..I have a lot of things to fall back to when I’m done…..”
Monkey post should brag that he has a lot of things to fall back on, let us see something………LMAOoooo.
Someone who still struggles with low phone battery, lack of power supply to charge his power bank, low internet data, and goes around footballers’ social media spaces to beg for money until he was blocked, is laughing at someone who at less than 30 years of age (with at least 7-8 more years in football) can boldly say “…..I have a lot of things to fall back to when I’m done…..”………LMAOoooo. The young man is practically telling you he’s made for life…….while you still battle with low phone battery……LMAOooo
Your own education has left you poor (mentally, intellectually, financially and morally), rendering you worthing nothing more than a stray dog nobody wants to be associated with……LMAOoo……You keep coming to CSN week by week practically begging for friendships but everyone runs away from you cos you are just too senesless and disgraceful to be associated with (although it seems you have of late found a bird of same feather with whom you can flock), while a drop out of your age is already rolling and socializing with billionares of his age in the society, and have been to places none of your generation before or after you will ever be even if you all live up to a 100 years on earth……LMAOooo.
So tell us, who is better off in life between you and Osimhen…….LMAOooo
You are so bored, isolated, lonely and unseen in the world that the only way you try to attract attention and friendship is through this same Osimhen…….LMAOooo. A mere drop out is the only reason people know you exist. Oh God…..what a pity
Next time ehn, if they are counting physically challenged people, better raise you hand up so you dont miss your helper.
The illiterate Osimhen’s name is known globally, while the only place where you are known is on CSN where you have even bragged about being the nuisance of the forum………LMAOooo….shame wouldnt even dare you to reveal your own real identity in public. Osimhen can brag about being made for life, all you’ve ever bragged about on the only place you seem to exist is being the nuisance of the forum…….LMAOoooo
You cannot even argue sensibly, get information from google correctly, nor engage in meaningful discussions intelligently on the same forum where you always force attention on yourself because no one give a hoot about you……..LMAOooo. Any thread where meaningful discussions are going on on CSN, the username ‘Monkey post’ is always understandably missing.
So once again, what has your own education done for you…….LMAOoo
Meanwhile, According to FIFPro, “…Globally, it is estimated that less than 10% (Yes, just 1 out of 10) of active male professional footballers hold a university or college degree. In leagues like the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, or Italian Serie A, the percentage of degreed players is estimated to be under 2% to 5%…. (2 to 5 out of 100)
So yes, it is not abnormal to be a school drop out to pursue a football career. The likes of Etoo, Kalu, Oliver Kahn, Iker Cassilas all went back to school only just before or after quitting football, so Osimhen is not an outlier. Its perfectly normal to be a school drop out but a legendary footballer. We can all order an illiterate Osimhen’s jersey, past or present club or national team jerseys, from any part of the world and get it delivered to our doorsteps. Someone should pls order the “educated” monkey post’s jersey……we want to quickly verify something…….LMAOooo
So once again, monkey post, what has your own education done for you…….LMAOoo.
Is it not a shame you are worse off in life – ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE – than a mere dropout….???
When will little fame and money locate you……..LMAOOooo
Some people think they own the forum.
They attack every post which does not support their views,to a point some members are scared not to be on the wrong side of these people or to be in a position of disapproval…
They have sort of ‘champion of ideas’ mode and are putting theirs in as the best.
Hahahahaha….
Are you minding that oponu who claims to know everything but yet knows nothing…..
Hahahhahaha
I don’t blame him….
I blame csn for taking him off the street and giving a 30k peanut job….
Hahahhahaha
They should have left him on the street of alimosho where he sells newspaper….
Hahahahhaha
Dude wasn’t even making up to 20k a month from his newspaper stand….
Hahahahaha…
So now this new job and salary from csn is a massive upgrade…..
Hahahahaha…
It has gotten to his head….
Hahahahaha
And that’s why he goes around talking rudely to people….
Hahahaha…
Thinking everybody is in the same impoverished class like him…..
Hahahaha
Victor Osimhen is a dissapointing case no doubt someone I had so much hope in for Nigeria football here is a Lad who had all the talent to be a star at this current World Cup and have contracts coming from all angles by now, yet in stark contrast he is stuck in Farmers League Turkey, which their team was one of the worst in the concluded World CUp highlighting the lack of talent in thier league as 90% of the Turkish National team is based in Turkey.
All because Osimhen is too big for his boots, yes he can retire with Money from Turkey which will eventually run out sooner than that of the likes of Haaland, Cristiano ROnaldo, Messi and co. I mean if ex players like Owen has to Result to Pundetry after his Career for Money who is Osimhen..
Osimhen is a dissapointment someone who will chose not to come out for the 2nd Leg of A World Cup Qualifier against DR Congo a game we had the upper hand in and make the World Cup what sort of leaders are in Current SE, instead while his peers are boosting their careers in WC he is partying up and down with Cubana Chief Preist a man where in Hind sight after that Scudetto Wininng season and he started hanging out with Osi and Boniface look at their careers now. WHAT A SHAME WHAT A DAMN SHAME, Now Osimhen is back in farmers league Turkey. Where as Nigeria Making the WC and Osimhen shning would have gone a long way for his career, Let us look at Kvara and Osi’s career trajectory since Napoli and you wll see how sad Osimhen own is WHAT A SHAME!!!
Thank you ugo! Such a great comment….
It is funny how some of you just conjure an ideal of how people should live their life. Osihmen knows why he choosed Turkey and why he wants to remain there. It is Wisdom never to blame a man’s decision until you are in his shoe and privy to situation around him..
You are saying his money will run out after his football career is over..do know what he has invested in? That was a wayward thing for you to say.
As yourself if oshimen is happy in Turkey? Is his career progressing? Or is it better to be playing in England and not be happy?
On the world cup issue. It is disgraceful to single out oshimen for blame when we all know the real cause of our failure. If you are looking for a scapegoat, direct your search to NFF.
You can not tell osihmen who to hang out with or how he will live his life. The bottom line is that he is happy and not pretending like many others. If it is easy..you guys should wear a jersey and outplay him so that everyone can be talking about you too.
Anyway..It is either you guys are Jealous or na cruise Una dey.
Please leave them. Its jealousy at its peak.
One of them started hating on Osimhen the moment he was blocked off his social media space for persistently begging for money.
If only they would dedicate 10% of their “concern” for Osimhen to their own personal lives, they too by now would be globally well known.
As they say in local parlance, if e easy, you sef run am…….LMAOooo
If e reach their turn, make dem leave 21m tax free while still competing in the UCL regularly and winning trophies, for a London blue club without a future offering 4.8m that is taxable by up to 45%……..LMAOoo. Osimhen will be playing in the UCL next season while the same club wouldn’t even play in the Conference League……..LMAOooo
Talk about crying more than the bereaved…….LMAOoo. They even want to teach Osimhen how to spend his money.
Witchcraft at its best……..!!!
@ Educated Monkey post, we are still waiting for you to tell us what your education has done for you…….LMAOooooooo.
You are worse off in life – ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE – compared to a mere dropout.
For how much longer should we wait till “little fame and money” locate you……..LMAOOooo
You have a point @Ellan…But also look at it this way,the day a lady stops bothering over her cheating partner,it often means she’s emotionally detached.In other words,her emotional attachment has abruptly faded…
Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the world cup for a second time led to so many critical views by gutted fans,to sniff out or uncover the underlying causes!
Some reviews believe the protest by the players on the eve of the DR Congo match was ill-timed and mindless,Some think some senior players where faking injuries or choosing games to play.Others think our players prefer playing for smaller clubs where they are comfortable to challenging themselves in bigger teams.This small mentality and poor choices could be the reason we are falling behind compare to Morocco,Senegal,Ivory Coast these countries have players or a few players playing in top European teams which has really boosted their standards even globally.
Failing to qualify for a major tournament causes a deeply personal response for fans.Psychologically,it is completely normal to feel intense grief,anger,or emptiness.
The frustration and heartbreak leads to fans reactions just before,during and after the world cup.
I doubt anyone is jealous of Osimhen…Instead fans want the best out for their players,not just Osimhen,I mean anyone wearing the Super eagles strip…If it means pushing the players to perform at their highest potential,supporting what is beneficial or favourable to the players personal well-being,careers,or happiness.
We can not decide how others react.Using words like witchcraft”jealousy etc is strange,weird,manipulative and controlling..When people have opposing views some people choose to attack them because of their control problem.”MY way or the highway”!
Monkey post, what has your education done for you…….LMAOoo.
You are worse off in life – ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE – compared to a mere dropout….???
You are also worse off in life – ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE (including on CSN where all your existence lies) – compared to a 30k peanut employee
In 2026, you still don’t have access nor can you afford uninterrupted power supply and internet access
Once again….what has your education done for you…….LMAOoo.
When will little fame and money locate you……..LMAOOooo