Bundesliga: Boniface beats Kane to August Player of the Month award

Just weeks after joining Bayer Leverkusen from Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise, new Super Eagles forward Victor Boniface was named the Bundesliga’s Player of the Month of August.

Boniface beat another Bundesliga newcomer, Harry Kane, to the award.

The league’s official website said, “The Nigerian striker beat the likes of Harry Kane and Kevin Behrens to the prize, which was created by the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga in 2018/19, in cooperation with the Bundesliga’s official licensing partner, EA Sports.