Nigerian Striker Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva Becomes the First African to Win the Golden Boot in a UEFA Women’s Champions League
Nigerian striker Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva has become the first African to win the golden boot in a UEFA Women’s Champions League following her incredible play for the Belarusian club Minsk.
The 30-year-old is a Nigerian football striker currently playing for FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League. Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva previously played for BIIK Kazygurt in the Kazakhstani Championship, and in the Russian Championship for Rossiyanka and Energiya Voronezh. Emuidzhi was the top scorer of the 2010 season while playing in Rossiyanka, with which she won two doubles. Emuidzhi has also played the Champions League with Energiya Voronezh and Kazygurt, and she is a member of the Nigerian national team. Her contract with BIIK Kazygurt finishes at the end of 2012. In 2016, Ogbiagbevha joined FC Minsk.
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However, Emuidzhi scored 10 goals in seven Champions League outings for Minsk in the 2019/20 season to share the golden boot. To achieve the feat, Emuidzhi netted six goals in the qualifying rounds before adding four in the main tournament as Minsk were eliminated in the Round of 16 by the Spanish side, Barcelona.
Emuidzhi is expected to share the prize, however, with Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema and Breidablik’s Berglind Bjorg Borvaldsdottir who also acquired the same tally during the recently concluded European competition, which was won by Lyon on August 30.
Her latest feat summed up her remarkable year in 2019 as she netted 29 goals in 17 league outings for Minsk, totaling 44 goals in all competitions, including five in the Belarusian Women’s Cup.
The talented striker inspired Minsk to a domestic treble in 2019, including the Women’s FA Cup and Super Cup, and saw her being crowned the Belarusian Women’s League Best Player of the Year.
Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva has continued her rich run of form this season, scoring 17 goals in 11 outings in all competitions before an injury forced her to part ways with Minsk in August.
Congratulations Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva.