{"id":817218,"date":"2025-01-05T07:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/tony-elumelu-why-victor-osimhen-dedicated-his-goztepe-goal-to-toby-and-tony\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T07:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:17:01","slug":"tony-elumelu-why-victor-osimhen-dedicated-his-goztepe-goal-to-toby-and-tony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/tony-elumelu-why-victor-osimhen-dedicated-his-goztepe-goal-to-toby-and-tony\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Elumelu: Why Victor Osimhen dedicated his G\u00f6ztepe goal to Toby and Tony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Super Eagles talisman Victor Osimhen opened the scoring for Galatasaray during their matchday 17 Super Lig clash against G\u00f6ztepe at RAMS Park, Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nigerian international coolly converted a penalty in the 10th minute, sending Goztepe goalie, Mateusz Lis, the wrong way.<\/p>\n

After his goal, the Napoli-owned forward revealed a Galatasaray jersey inscribed with the message<\/a>, \u201cHappy Birthday, Tony and Toby.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Victor Osimhen dedicates goal to Tony and Toby Elumelu [Photo credit\/X]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tony and Toby, the sons of Nigerian business mogul Tony Elumelu, recently celebrated their 10th birthday on January 5. Osimhen\u2019s gesture honoured their request for a birthday dedication, as the match took place the day before their special day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThrowback to last week when Victor Osimhen promised the T-Men to dedicate his next goal as their 10th birthday gift\u2014and, as always, he delivered in style,\u201d Tony Elumelu shared on social media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Osimhen\u2019s relationship with the UBA Group CEO has been growing over time. The two were previously seen celebrating together after Osimhen\u2019s Serie A triumph, with the striker gifting Elumelu a signed jersey.<\/p>\n

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Tony Elumelu and Victor Osimhen [Photo credit\/ X]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Additionally, Osimhen has been a regular attendee at Elumelu\u2019s famous all-white parties<\/a>, which recently featured top Nigerian music stars like Wizkid and Burna Boy.<\/p>\n

With his goal against Goztepe, the former LOSC Lille forward has notched 10 goals in 12 Super Lig appearances, and tallying 13 goals in total for the Yellow-Reds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n

Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Soccer Super Eagles talisman Victor Osimhen opened the scoring for Galatasaray during their matchday 17 Super Lig clash against G\u00f6ztepe at RAMS Park, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigerian international coolly converted a penalty in the 10th minute, sending Goztepe goalie, Mateusz Lis, the wrong way. After his goal, the Napoli-owned forward revealed a Galatasaray jersey inscribed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":817219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121312,2005,29917],"tags":[121311,7669],"class_list":{"0":"post-817218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-elumelu","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-victor","10":"tag-elumelu","11":"tag-victor"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}