Akor Adams: 5 Osimhen Serie A records new Venezia star can target

Super Eagles striker Akor Adams has completed a permanent move to newly promoted Venezia from Sevilla, in a deal reported to be worth up to €22 million with add-ons — a club-record outlay that makes him Venezia’s most expensive signing ever, Afrik-foot reports.

The 26-year-old, who arrives on a contract until 2030 after scoring 10 goals and four assists in 37 appearances for Sevilla last season, now has the platform to build a Serie A reputation of his own.

Victor Osimhen set the standard for Nigerian strikers in Italy during his time at Napoli — here are five of his Serie A records Adams could realistically aim to chase down.

1. All-Time African Top Scorer

Osimhen surpassed George Weah’s previous benchmark of 46 goals to establish the record for most goals by an African player in Serie A history, finishing his Napoli spell with 65 goals in 108 appearances.

It’s a mark built on longevity as much as quality, and one that sits well out of reach for Adams in the short term — but it’s exactly the kind of career-long milestone that becomes realistic if his four-year Venezia deal turns into a sustained, prolific spell in Serie A.

2. Acolyte of Awards

Osimhen didn’t just score goals — he was recognised for it, named Serie A Best Striker for 2022/23 and honoured as the official Serie A Footballer of the Year at the AIC’s Gran Galà del Calcio.

For Adams, arriving with a reputation as a reliable, penalty-perfect finisher, building toward that kind of individual recognition in Italy would mark serious early progress in a new league.

3. Single-Season African Record

In that same 2022/23 campaign, Osimhen scored 26 goals to break Samuel Eto’o’s long-standing single-season record of 21 goals by an African player in Serie A.

It’s an extremely high bar — achieved in a title-winning Napoli side — but it remains the marker any ambitious African striker in Italy gets measured against, and a strong start at an attack-minded, newly promoted Venezia side could put Adams on that kind of trajectory if service levels hold up.

4. Can Akor Adams Become A Scudetto Winner?

Osimhen’s goals fired Napoli to their first Serie A title in 33 years during that same 2022/23 season, a feat that also made him just the second player after Zlatan Ibrahimović to win the Scudetto and the league’s scoring title in the same campaign.

Venezia won’t be chasing the Scudetto this season, but Adams arrives at a club that topped Serie B last season with genuine ambition to establish itself in the top flight. Firing Venezia to a surprise push for European qualification, or simply a comfortable survival built on his goals, would be Adams’ version of that same story — a newly promoted side’s forward turning belief into results nobody expected.

5. Scoring the opening goal more often than anyone else in the league

A lesser-known Osimhen record from that campaign: he scored the opening goal in more Serie A fixtures than any other player in the division, with 10.

For a newly promoted side like Venezia, having a striker capable of breaking the deadlock consistently would be hugely valuable — it’s often the difference between taking points off bigger sides and losing tight matches, and it’s a record built on instinct and timing rather than sheer volume.