After completing his first move away from England, here is a list of all he has accomplished since he arrived as a boy at Manchester City in the United Kingdom.
May 2016 – Iheanacho finished the season with 14 goals and 5 assists from 35 apps and just 11 starts getting the best goal per minute ratio that season and finished as City’s third-highest scorer.
September 2016 – Iheanacho scores his tenth Premier League goal, allowing him to join an exclusive list of players to have scored 10 Premier League goals before the age of 20 such as Rooney, Giggs, Anelka, Michael Owen and Lukaku.
September 2016 – Iheanacho becomes the first ever Nigerian to play in the Manchester Derby.
September 2016 – Iheanacho becomes the youngest player to score in the Manchester derby with his winning goal against Manchester United.
October 2016 – Iheanacho was nominated for the FIFA Golden Boy award, which was eventually won by Bayern Munich’s midfielder Renato Sanches.
August 2017 – Iheanacho moved to Leicester for £25 million the largest ever transfer amount for a Nigerian player at the time and the second-largest for an African player after Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
January 2018 – Iheanacho became the first player in English football to be awarded a goal due to VAR intervention. The goal was Iheanacho’s second in a 2–0 win over Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup Third Round replay.
April 2021 – Iheanacho went on a goal-scoring run of 12 goals in 10 games in all competitions during March and April. Winning the award for Player of the Month in the Premier League in March. He joined Jay-Jay Okocha, Peter Odemwingie and Odion Ighalo as the fourth Nigerian player to win the prestigious award.
He also scored his first Premier League hat-trick in a 5–0 win against Sheffield United on 14 March 2021.
March 2021 – Kelechi Iheanacho becomes the highest scoring African in the FA Cup – the oldest football tournament. With 14 goals after his brace against Manchester United.
