Victor Osimhen makes history as the first African to be crowned Capocannoniere and the Napoli striker is the first to combine that with the Scudetto since 2009.

The Partenopei have their final game of the season by hosting Sampdoria at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 17.30 UK time (16.30 GMT).

They won the title with five rounds to spare and now Osimhen can also enjoy his Capocannoniere status, as Lautaro Martinez fired blanks for Inter yesterday and cannot go beyond his 21 goals.

Osimhen is too far out in front on 25 to realistically be caught.

This sets an intriguing precedent, as the last player to combine both the Scudetto and the Capocannoniere title was Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Inter in 2008-09.

That season, Ibra too had 25 goals, just like Osimhen.

The Nigerian is the fourth Capocannoniere for Napoli in the post-war period after Diego Maradona in 1987-88 (when Milan won the title), Edinson Cavani in 2012-13 and Gonzalo Higuain in 2015-16, both with Juventus taking the Scudetto.

Osimhen becomes the first ever African to be crowned top scorer in Serie A and has already beaten George Weah’s record of 47 goals in the Italian top flight.

Only Samuel Eto’o had come close to the Capocannoniere with 21 goals for Inter in 2010-11, but was beaten to the title by Udinese’s Antonio Di Natale on 28.

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