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Joe Donnohue

'I had 15 minutes to change my life. I was one of 900 kids with a dream. I ran until I was sweating blood' Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen reveals incredible rise from street seller to adored world star

(R) of Mali and of Nigeria battle for the ball during the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup 2015 final match between Mali and Nigeria at Estadio Sausalito on November 8, 2015 in Vina del Mar, Chile.

Nigeria and Galatasaray centre-forward Victor Osimhen was dealt a rough hand in life.

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.

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