Victor Osimhen scored a brace on Wednesday night to help Galatasaray lift the Turkish Cup with a 3-0 win over Trabzonspor, as well as also break Turkish football’s single-season record for most goals scored by a foreign player.
Baris Yilmaz had opened the scoring for Galatasaray as early as the fifth minute after a clever pass from Yunus Akgun.
The Nigerian striker entered the final against Trabzonspor with 33 goals and needed two goals to pass the 34-goal mark set by Mario Jardel in the 2000/2001 season.
Alas, Osimhen netted in the 46th and 63rd minutes to reach 35 goals in all competitions and lead Galatasaray to their 19th Turkish Cup title, which is a national record.
He has now moved up on the club’s all-time foreign goal scorers list, with 35 goals in 38 appearances, going past Brazillian, Mario Jardel.
Only seven other foreign players have scored more goals for Galatasaray, with Romania’s Gheorghe Hagi still leading the chart with 72.
Galatasaray can complete the domestic double with a win over Kayserispor on Sunday, which would secure their 25th league title. It would be the club’s fourth double in history, having last achieved the feat in the 1998–99 season.