Super Eagles striker, Paul Onuachu, has won the Best Player and Golden Bull (highest-goalscorer) awards in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League, scored 33 goals, and provide three assists for KRC Genk who finished second.
He was awarded the prize on Monday night at the Belgian Pro League Awards traditional gala held at the JAM hotel following a stunning 2020/2021 campaign in which the 26-year-old scored the goals in 38 league matches and play-offs.
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“The KRC Genk striker was voted as the best player of the previous season by his colleagues. Onuachu scored 33 times last season, making it the player with the highest goals.
He is also in a race for the Ebony Shoe Award for the Best Player of African descent in the league where he battles Congolese-born Belgian striker, Theo Bonganda Batombo; Angola’s Club Brugge defender, Clinton Mata; Anderlecht’s Anglo-Nigerian forward, Nmecha Lukas and Congolese-born Belgian star, Sambi Lokonga, who also plays for Anderlecht.
Before now, he was voted into the Belgian Pro League Team of the Season alongside a teammate, Bryan Heymen.
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Paul Onuachu, who formerly played for FC Midtjylland, netted 35 goals in 41 games across all competitions for the Blue-White, pushing them to lift the Belgian Cup in spectacular fashion.
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