Person in history
Victor Boniface
Victor Boniface, Nigerian footballer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2000 · December 23
- Age this year
- 26No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- association football player. Citizenship: Nigeria
- Born
- 26th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Boniface is a Christian . [ 1 ] Boniface enjoys making goal celebrations to entertain people when he scores. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] His footballing idol was Neymar . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ^ "Victor Boniface: Bayer Leverkusen star visits his childhood friend in church on Christmas eve" . Pulse Sports . 25 December 2023 . Retrieved 29 December 2023 . ^ Reporter, Our (5 May 2024). "VICTOR BONIFACE: I like making people laugh" . The Nation . Lagos, Nigeria . Retrieved 12 January 2025 .
Victor Okoh Boniface is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Nigeria national team.
Path and career
Career statistics Club As of match played 29 August 2026 [ 1 ] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup [ a ] Europe Other Total Division Apps Goals 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 [ b ] 2 — 27 8 2021 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0 2022 Eliteserien 15 6 5 3 10 [ c ] 5 — 30 14 Total 48 13 5 3 13 7 — 66 23 Union SG 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 37 9 4 2 10 [
Honours Bodø/Glimt Eliteserien : 2020 , 2021 Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga : 2023–24 [ 1 ] DFB-Pokal : 2023–24 DFL-Supercup : 2024 [ 2 ] Individual UEFA Europa League top scorer : 2022–23 [ 3 ] UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2022–23 [ 4 ] Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2023–24 [ 5 ] Bundesliga Rookie of the Season: 2023–24 [ 6 ] ^ "Bayer Leverkusen are 2023/24 Bundesliga champions!" . Bundesliga . 15 April 2024 . Retrieved 15 April 2024 .
Why this date
Victor Boniface appears on our December 23 calendar for 2000 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2000.
- October 6Fernando de la Rúa
- January 31Alaska Airlines Flight 261
- October 7Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- May 4Ken Livingstone
- September 14Microsoft
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Sources
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Questions about Victor Boniface
When was Victor Boniface born?
December 23 2000.
How old would Victor Boniface be today?
26 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on December 23?
Spencer Daniels, Jori Lehterä, David Szymanski and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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