In 2019, while still playing for Juventus, Ronaldo stunned the world with a 2m56 jump to score a header against Sampdoria. It was one of CR7’s most beautiful goals in a Juventus shirt.
However, the Portuguese star’s achievement was officially broken by striker Victor Osimhen when he scored to help Napoli double the gap in a 3-0 victory over Spezia 2m58 is 0.02m taller than Ronaldo.
Although 0.01m shorter than Ronaldo (Osimhen is 1m86 tall, Ronaldo is 1m87 tall), the Nigerian striker still created an impressive jump to surpass his senior’s achievements. Napoli’s striker jumped 14 meters higher than the goal height (2m44).
However, Osimhen is still not the highest jumper in Serie A history. This record is being held. held by Fikayo Tomori with a jump at a height of 2 63m.
Meanwhile, the current record for the highest scoring jump in history football Still belongs to Ronaldo with his 93m aerial shot to hit Man Utd’s net in a Champions League match in 2013. At that time, he joined Real Madrid.
This season Osimhen plays sublimated with 16 goals in just 17 appearances. The Nigerian striker is on his way to becoming the first African player in history to win the Serie A top scorer award. Osimhen’s Napoli is comfortably leading Serie A this season with 56 points after 21 matches more than the second-placed team, Inter Milan is up to 13 points.
Osimhen is being sought after by many big clubs, including Man Utd. The “Red Devils” are trying to recruit a Nigerian star to replace the position left by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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