Nigeria’s Victor Boniface was on Friday named the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month for the fourth time in a row.
Boniface, who won the Bundesliga Player of the Month award in August has been in fantastic form since switching Union St Gilloise for Bayer Leverkusen in the summer.
Boniface also won the award in September and October.
Boniface, despite not scoring in the league during November, has been awarded the award due to his significant goal contributions.
He chipped in with two assists in the 3-2 win away at Hoffenheim on Matchday 10. The Nigerian was his usual shot-happy self with 11 attempts, but he is much more than just a classic center-forward,” the league wrote about the 22-year-old.
“He also set up three attempts for teammates, meaning he was directly involved in a shot on goal every 18 minutes on average,” they stated
The Nigeria international beat RB Leipzig winger Xavi Simons and Freiburg’s Merlin Rohl to the award.
Xavi Simons has been nominated four times for the individual accolade this season.
Bayern Leverkusen’s number 22 jersey has scored 14 goals and provided six assists in 20 appearances across all competitions for Xabi Alonso’s side this season.
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