How I became a Bundesliga champ | Victor Boniface Documentary

Victor Boniface has not only won the Bundesliga with Leverkusen, he has taken the German league by storm. The Nigerian is one of the most exciting strikers in European football, a superstar in the making. We went to Nigeria to learn more about his path to success. How did he become the player he is today? From Norway to Belgium to Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. The road was not easy, injuries held him back several times, but Victor Boniface has finally arrived in Europe! Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso is impressed with him. We speak to his youth coach in Akure and to the man himself.
Report: Marc Friedrich
Editing & Graphics: David Jacobi
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[@ifeanyichukwuakukwe5163]

Great documentary

[@dwkickoff]

Thank you @ifeanyichukwuakukwe5163! Much appreciated. Spread the word...

[@saditoezebungwa8381]

I live in the same village as his family. They’re such a humble and great family. Love seeing a fellow nigerian making it in europe🇳🇬💪🏿❤️

[@Alcroboscan]

Greetings to Nigeria from 🇭🇷✌🏻

[@footballworld7376]

He's lying😂😂😂😂😂

[@mugasiraarnold7429]

😂oh yeah they are actually ur neighbors and ur friends with everyone there

[@SuperMyckie]

Sharap!!... once person make am una go begin Famz!!!

[@brightokechukwu4886]

So you be Edo boy? Correct!

[@oghenetegasagua]

I can't believe DW Kick Off actually came to Lagos and even went to Akure. And the thumbnail is in pidgin English: "Oga Where You Dey Run Go?" Y'all are really doing a good job, covering those who may fall beneath the media's lens. Lovely. 🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@dwkickoff]

Thank you, man. We're going places, just like Victor 🔥😉

[@chinedunweze9184]

Lol if you watch DW documentaries U will know they are everywhere

[@IamDaddiAmeobi]

Una go try come PH ​@@dwkickoff

[@MohsinAli-hg7qb]

Africans are hardworking and God gifted....

[@MegaDreamOo]

🙏❤️

[@Chinornor]

Boy good! Boy gallant !! Boy still going far, he is destined for greatness!!!!!!! Congrats Victor

[@IbraBah-gx2fr]

I remember him on Bodø, all of us Up here love him till today

[@akpewebiakolo7517]

His technique on the ball for a dude of that size is priceless 😮

[@dwkickoff]

💯💯💯

[@samijay]

This guy is a menace on field and on Twitter

[@oluwolebamike5412]

The coach said something and I quote "even if you're good your character matters" I'm so grateful you're still the same old you. My favourite Footballer Victor Boniface ❤

[@kibetkosgey8318]

Even if your character matters, you have to be good

[@karojames8202]

Our victors are doing great ❤

[@loveadeola]

The sky is the limit for Victor 😊

[@dwkickoff]

100%

[@taiwodosunmu7590]

I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM I TELL YOU HE IS REALLY GONNA GO FAR IN FOOTBALL. HE IS SCORING 32 LEAGUE GOALS THIS SEASON. HE IS GONNA MAKE THIS JOURNEY A ROLLER COASTER. HE IS A LEGEND IN THE MAKING. ACTUALLY HE IS A LEGEND!

[@dwkickoff]

The sky is the limit for Victor! All the way...

[@thatweirdnigerianguy]

Wish he was available for AFCON this year. Maybe in 2026. 😮‍💨

[@dwkickoff]

Yeah, it was so sad that he got injured beforehand. Could have been his tournament...

[@gideonandoh6577]

The next Afcon is next year July in Morocco 2025. A calendar change has happened

[@thatweirdnigerianguy]

@@gideonandoh6577 Thanks for the heads up.

[@Mmm-zd3lr]

All good strikers first name is Victor Victor Gyokores Victor Osimehn Victor Boniface

[@dwkickoff]

🔥🔥🔥

[@kwekuadedimeji6515]

Osimhen before all

[@josephrobert194]

Victor - To Conquer.

[@wizlake]

Akure to the world

[@kene6753]

"Akure to the world"? Since when does one's place of birth in Nigeria represent the person's origin in the Nigerian context?? His surname is "Okoh". Is this surname a yoruba name?

[@ceddcultff]

​@@kene6753 His comment was probably dumb but your reply is even dumber

[@kene6753]

@@ceddcultff And who made a m0r0n like you the judge here?

[@funharry3567]

​@@kene6753Victor Okoh Boniface is from Abia

[@kene6753]

@funharry3567 Thank you for confirming what I already suspected. These vile yoros are trying to claim him because he was born in Akure and he's a big international football star. Should the same Boniface come to Nigeria to contest for the Ondo governorship election tomorrow, they'll suddenly remember that he is of the Igbo descent and he'll be tagged "omo Igbo" or "IPOB."

[@Celo501]

Thank you for this documentary, it's great . Boniface is a wonderful player he came in Second half yesterday and delivered

[@christiannebo6140]

This is amazing, he is representing as much as possible.

[@user-bg1dt8ub5p]

VIctor boniface is amazing in bayer leverkusen and one day i want to be like him

[@ukejepaul5848]

More blessings to you Boniface 🙏 ❤️

[@nathannwokeforo6969]

So calm.

[@BlessedFrarigoEnterprise]

Thank you for this documentary

[@olatunjiayordeji7045]

Great documentary dw, break down the wall victor 👌🏾💯💯

[@Alayomidebby620]

He has always been so nice and funny from the start 😂 I’m proud of you Victor. TCICA at large is super proud of you my favorite player 🫡 And thanks for all you do 🙏 You’re going places 💯

[@adedave2562]

Now this is someone who knows him personally.. Not like the other impostor above

[@olawaleisaacyesufu953]

Tee Chris Uncle Tope was the coach

[@user-xx6du7ph8p]

Victor Boniface and Kudus are the new contenders for the African player of the year.

[@dwkickoff]

Good shout! Plus Osimhen...?

[@josephrobert194]

​@@dwkickoff Osimhen has not replicated his form of last season.

[@user-xx6du7ph8p]

​@@josephrobert194 true, not in full form this season

[@user-xx6du7ph8p]

​@@dwkickoff yh, just remembered Serhou Guirassy too

[@Dominionstar1980]

Who is kudus?

[@ifeanyiobiora-okafo7017]

Love this video ❤️

[@davidadesemoye7195]

Victor Boniface. Inspiring story of talent, well nurtured, and grace in tough times.

[@Mariam1210]

Wow This is great and amazing 💯See me smiling here 🤩🤩 We're proud of you, Tee-chris is proud of you the same way your family is proud of you 🎉 Greater heights our own GOAT 🥰🥰

[@pasedanduka1942]

This documentary is fire and so original ❤

[@dwkickoff]

Thank you, @pasedanduka1942! Glad you love it. Spread the word...

[@BallerinaPocketNews]

From Bødo/Glimt Champion to Bayer 04 Leverkusen Invincible Champion... Victor Boniface 🇳🇬 Earned My Respect ❤

[@dwkickoff]

What a story!

[@folakareem]

Thank you for doing this documentary DW Kick off. You made everyone featured proud!

[@dwkickoff]

Thank you, @folakareem! We're happy you like the film. Spread the word...

[@mosesobasola7634]

We have great players in Nigeria. Especially in the rural areas. When i served as a corps member in Ondo state. We teamed up to play football against the locals. They beat us mercilessly up to 7-0. Wotoporously

[@lumideo1]

😂😅

[@easyware]

🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeloko4760]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@temitopeomogbene9090]

Wow! ❤ I love your coined grammar "wotoporously"

[@mosesobasola7634]

@@temitopeomogbene9090 yes o

[@ayodelealedare6507]

I imagine Boniface and Osimhen in the attack with Super Eagles of Nigeria, that will be a dreaded duo. They can win us many trophies

[@erunzrapsodi01]

I think they played already in a game , it wasn't working so well.

[@funharry3567]

​@@erunzrapsodi01it depends on the coach

[@ikemmanuel7859]

You can't play two number 9 in a team.

[@EduShola]

Amazing video 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@chickenismeat]

I hope they manage his injury well. He is going to do great things. I love his celebration, very funny.😅 Ea sports should add it to their next iteration.

[@danieledet8840]

Boniface🎉

[@tundebakare6887]

Congratulations to our Akure home boy ❤❤❤

[@IsaacAdebiyi-it6ne]

My very own Goat UP TCICA Go win Victor Boniface

[@obiorahchidubem181]

Beautiful documentary❤

[@dwkickoff]

Thank you, @obiorahchidubem181! Spread the word...

[@syshYarak]

The way of thinking of the coach from the original village is intriguing , when ability and talant are extended to character, that's a sign of a well developed coach.

[@victorabiola9170]

Wonderful!!

[@adegboyegaolasunkanmi9251]

@boniface we started together on that rough playing ground but we all knew you were a c4 bomb that's going to explode to something magnificent...cant wait to see you someday Boniface

[@easyware]

6:02: Clever guys! They didn't want him to keep scoring becasue he might attract the attention of bigger clubs! 😁 I bet the first coach that didn't sign probably lost his job.

[@ejemuteyaoghenetega87]

Awesome ❤❤

[@emekajoseph2655]

Humility is key 🗝️🔐 to success ❤

[@Bowofoluwaa]

❤ I love this.

[@saditoezebungwa8381]

Love seeing fellow africans making it in Europe💪🏿

[@jasabdu-rh4jf]

Always amazing documentary editing and cingemoretaphy

[@dwkickoff]

Thank you! We're glad you like our style ;) spread the word

[@ejeikwutheophilus7854]

Dw impresses me for the first time.

[@dwkickoff]

You should watch more stuff ;)

[@kompila]

When you make it in life, your entire story changes.

[@Mrmayor901]

Big name 📛📛

[@syrenpippa9388]

We missed you in the Nations Cup.. up Naija up Leverkusen we winning the Europa league

[@nickfury8973]

His youth coach is Johnson Blessing? This guy is going to the EPL guaranteed, with Boris’ blessing

[@dwkickoff]

Destiny!

[@dondanny2512]

Boni is really a beast I thought I have seen it all from victor osi but here boni land

[@praiseayodeji8701]

Akure , on that poster is my campus fellowship president pastor Demola (fsf)

[@user-jz8mc5gj6y]

before the injury his partnership with Wirtz was the key to Leverkusens success

[@healthtalkwithkolawole]

Proud son of the land 🇳🇬

[@olanrewajusamson9816]

This is grate

[@Jochen-iq8vx]

Born on december 23rd, thank you for this useful information without the year!!

[@dwkickoff]

It's the year 2000. Google can help you out ;)

[@Jochen-iq8vx]

@@dwkickoff I know how old he is, just for the sake of a good, short documentary! 😉

[@MajorrBison]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adeniyipeter8670]

Shares thesame birthday date with me

[@issahgyandi3365]

@@dwkickoff Ya'll dropped the ball on that one and you know it. I could google almost everything in your documentary if I was to follow your logic. Pipe down with the smugness, eat some humble pie and realise you made a mistake - maybe then you'll learn something.

[@taiwobankole6815]

I didn't know he was born in akure, here was i thinking he was born in lagos like osihmen

[@kenmarcus6183]

🏆🇳🇬🖤

[@K9KHALE]

Bro i puff one for you i love your journey ❤❤❤🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@omamuzoobemure1260]

He is so good DW had to change the title more than twice

[@dwkickoff]

😅😉

[@uknowamsaying]

Life in Akure is a bit slower than Lagos? Nah, bro! Life in Akure is like snail pace compared to Lagos' jet pace. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@easyware]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Prince_of_Winterfell]

I loved Akure during my NYSC, so relaxed and peaceful.

[@uknowamsaying]

@@Prince_of_Winterfell Any city with reasonable modern development, low cost of living and slow pace of life will reduce someone's blood pressure.

[@DreyFaniyi]

100! Ak city, God no go shame us

[@user-wo1vq1sb9s]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tonynacion]

8:09 bravo 👏 TonTón BonniFace

[@tamonmark5692]

Senior comrade

[@pascalcjelninso6571]

All Glory be to God. Amen

[@ryantours]

imagine playing inter classes with boniface on your team. i dont think the kids then knew😂

[@SanusiAdewale]

Tore ACL twice?! and he's going this hard?! he's definitely resilient!

[@dwkickoff]

💯🔥

[@mcdotunadesua]

Akure oyemekun my place of birth

[@bethelkotur2462]

My bday mate 😂

[@rebbymwiya6199]

He started with nothing in a 3rd world country but passion and talent and he blew.

[@dwkickoff]

🔥💪💯

[@moo613]

Cool story but after this season I EXPECT his salary to have tripled next year or he fires his agent. Look at Osimhen's. Victor.. that field is in need of a major upgrade.. and with the exchange rate being good against the naira... The coach also could do with a care package and introduction to Western scouting teams

[@dejimike5007]

Omo Akure Oloyemekun

[@kene6753]

How is he suddenly "omo Akure"? 😂 His surname is "Okoh". Is Okoh a yoruba surname? If he stands for an electoral position in Nigeria tomorrow, you'll suddenly tag him "omo Igbo" or "IPOB".

[@olatunjialeem1897]

Stop replying as if you’re dumb

[@olaDAYO-Happiness]

​@@kene6753he used 90 percentage of his life in àkure 😜

[@seuntimilehin3381]

​@kene6753 he was born and brought up there, why does it matter if he isn’t yoruba by tribe?

[@kene6753]

@@seuntimilehin3381 I'm 💯 sure that his heritage would suddenly matter to you if the man in question decides to contest for any position in Akure in the future.

[@TheDarkKnightRacist]

he looks like Lukaku

[@sultanjuice]

Everybody in the comments, remember the name Brian Musaka, cause soon he will be the biggest player in world football by the power of Christ Jesus.

[@anthonystatesman7425]

May God give you the discipline, favour and grace to fulfill your dreams.

[@sultanjuice]

@@anthonystatesman7425 Thank you brother in Christ, same upon you too.✝️❤

[@chaupiamarighambi5859]

2 ACL injuries, fuckin hell

[@RAWPASSION2050]

Correction!! Lagos is not Nigeria's biggest city but busiest city. Infact Lagos is actually one of Nigeria's smallest cities

[@juliusfakayode703]

Lol. There's a difference between the biggest and largest. Go figure that out sir/ma

[@RAWPASSION2050]

@@juliusfakayode703 you got a point brov.

[@adedave2562]

I would have wanted DW to ask if he is the one who actually makes all that joke in his Twitter handle

[@sunnyaccurate7801]

Why this guy didn't play for afraca cup this year?

[@dwkickoff]

Unfortunately he got injured just before the tournament started...

[@emmanuelndudim2901]

We need a striker at Arsenal

[@SuperArvind2011]

Osimhen 2023 Boniface 2024 which Victor will lead his team to victory in 2025

[@superAweber]

OGA WHERE YOU DEY RUN GO? Lol. That's the only reason I clicked. Would non Africans understand that?

[@kene6753]

Dear @DW Kickoff. Victor Boniface might've been born in Akure, but he's not from the South West of Nigeria. In Nigeria, your place of birth doesn't determine your origin, your ethnicity does. Going by his surname, "Okoh", I'm sure that his origin lies in Rivers state (deep south) or one of the five South Eastern states.

[@dwkickoff]

Hi kene, thanks for your comment. He did tell us that he is from Akure, but he was raised by his grandparents.

[@funharry3567]

He's from Abia

[@kene6753]

@dwkickoff Thank you for your response. As a Nigerian, I'm confident that something must've been lost in your communication with Victor Boniface about his origin within Nigeria. He might've been born in Akure, Ondo state (south west Nigeria), but with a surname ("Okoh") like his, he can never be from Akure, Ondo state. The name "Okoh" is an Igbo (south east Nigeria) name and definitely not a Yoruba (south west Nigeria) name. Your ethinicity or tribe determines where you're from in Nigeria and not your birth place.

[@damianhuman]

what does "Oga where you Dey run go" mean? Google Translate doesn't say

[@chidichidi2557]

It means; Boss, where are you running to ?

[@Yaro79]

Boss(or bro) where are you running (or rushing) to?

[@Sean-wz8xw]

​@Yaro79 how on earth could "Oga" mean "bro"? The first guy who translated it already did that perfectly, so there was no need to complicate the translation and give false information.

[@Yaro79]

@Sean-wz8xw I don't know how old you are but oga has been used as a slang for bro,a term of endearment or boss..it's like someone calling you "chairman". Born in Ughelli, grew up in ilorin and Apapa lagos..you can't teach me pidgin or yoruba .ode,orhue

[@Sean-wz8xw]

@Yaro79 I'm not teaching you anything, it is what it is; Oga doesn't mean Bro. In fact, the term Oga, like Boss, is unisex and so can be used to address both males and females as a form of respect. And there was no need for the abuses you added.

[@mubangaanthonyvwalika1131]

Norway is whaaaat??😅

[@Tvida992]

Hopefully, he will join Arsenal in the next couple of years🤞

[@mrrocrocmoney3924]

What do you mean superstar in the making? 😂cos he's black ? Thats how Jay Jay was upcoming till his retirement, Boniface is No 1 Striker in Europe now ,Check your stats , not just goals but his work rate and playing style ❤, Stop doing African stars dirty , Mane , Salah , Kanu all deserved more than you acknowledge.

[@dwkickoff]

Dirty? We do the opposite, man ;) Here's our video on Sadio Mané kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKemYq2Nf52Ybac