Victor Boniface

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Victor Boniface
Personal information
Full name Victor Okoh Boniface
Date of birth (2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2019 Real Sapphire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Bodø/Glimt 48 (13)
2022–2023 Union SG 37 (9)
2023– Bayer Leverkusen 16 (10)
International career‡
2023– Nigeria 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Victor Okoh Boniface (born 23 December 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Nigeria national team.

Club career

Bodø/Glimt

Boniface signed for Bodø/Glimt from Real Sapphire on 4 March 2019.[2] He suffered a ligament injury only two weeks after signing for Glimt, which was said to be likely to keep him on the sidelines for the duration of the 2019 season.[3] Boniface was selected to the Nigeria U-20 squad to play the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, but had to withdraw from the squad due to injury.[4] In September 2019 he nonetheless made his league debut for the club.[5]

Union SG

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Boniface celebrating his 2021 Eliteserien title victory with Bodø/Glimt

On 8 August 2022, Boniface signed a four-year contract with Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium.[6] Union reached the quarter-finals of the 2022–23 Europa League. Boniface scored six goals in the competition, including a brace against Union Berlin in the round of 16, finishing as the competition's joint top scorer along with Marcus Rashford.[7]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 22 July 2023, Boniface signed for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen on a contract until 2028, and was assigned the number 22 shirt.[8] He made his Bundesliga debut as a starter on 19 August, in a 3–2 home victory over RB Leipzig.[9] The following week, on 26 August, he scored his first Bundesliga goals by netting a brace at the Borussia Park in a 3–0 away derby win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.[10]

International career

Boniface made his debut for the Nigeria senior team on 10 September 2023, coming on in the 64th minute for Taiwo Awoniyi. He provided an assist in that match to Samuel Chukwueze.[citation needed] On 29 December 2023, he was named in the Nigerian squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast.[11] However, on 8 January 2024, Boniface sustained a muscle injury which forced him to miss the African tournament,[12] and he was replaced by Terem Moffi.[13]

Personal life

Boniface is a Christian.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bodø/Glimt 2019 Eliteserien 8 1 0 0 – 8 1
2020 Eliteserien 24 6 0 0 3[lower-alpha 2] 2 27 8
2021 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022 Eliteserien 15 6 5 3 10[lower-alpha 3] 5 30 14
Total 48 13 5 3 13 7 66 23
Union SG 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 37 9 4 2 10[lower-alpha 2] 6 51 17
Bayer Leverkusen 2023–24 Bundesliga 16 10 2 2 5[lower-alpha 2] 4 23 16
Career total 101 32 11 7 28 17 140 56
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Four appearances and five goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 19 November 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2023 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Individual

References

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  15. ↑ Victor Boniface at Soccerway
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