"Born into a family of seven children, the Osimhen clan lost their mother when Victor was a toddler. He doesn't have any standout memories of her, and the remainder of his childhood was split between school and kerbside entrepreneurship. His widowed, ailing father worked odd jobs to put a roof, until half of it was taken and not replaced by the landlord, over his family's heads - a one-room apartment in capital city Lagos, neighbouring the 100-acre Olusosun landfill site."
"Osimhen, his friends and siblings would sift through the rubbish to find football boots, otherwise he would play barefoot. After school, and sometimes instead of education, Osimhen would dart between cars stopped at red lights in the suffocating Lagos traffic, selling bottled water at 10 cents a pop."
"Forced to grow up at a younger age than children in the developed world, Osimhen turned his back on the beautiful game for a time, to focus on providing for his father, brothers and sisters - they all chipped in. That was until Osimhen learned of Nigeria try-outs in Lagos, hitch-hiking to the stadium where hundreds of teenagers vied for formal trial."
Victor Osimhen grew up in severe poverty in Lagos, Nigeria, in a one-room apartment near a landfill after his mother died in childhood. His widowed father worked odd jobs while the family struggled to survive. Osimhen and his siblings scavenged through garbage for football boots or played barefoot. After school, he sold bottled water at traffic lights, Bibles on roadsides, and performed various jobs to help support his family. He temporarily abandoned football to focus on providing for his relatives. Learning of Nigeria football try-outs in Lagos, Osimhen hitchhiked to the stadium where hundreds competed. Though initially cut from the selection process, he persisted in pursuing his football career.
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