Boniface voted third biggest flop in Bundesliga by his colleagues

A challenging season for Super Eagles star Victor Boniface has only gotten worse after the Nigerian star was voted as one of the biggest flops of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season.

Boniface, whose season was derailed by injuries and a failed move to Saudi Arabia, was not spared by his Bundesliga colleagues in a brutal end-of-season vote.

The Nigerian striker came into the 2024/25 season riding high off a sensational first campaign with Bayer Leverkusen, where he racked up 21 goals and 9 assists.

But this season, the magic seemed to fade. Injuries limited him to just 12 starts in the Bundesliga, and his form dipped significantly.

He managed only 11 goals and a single assist across all competitions, a sharp contrast from the fireworks he delivered the year before. Making matters worse, Patrick Schick’s rise in form at Bayer Leverkusen pushed Boniface even further down the pecking order.

Boniface’s attempt to engineer a move to Saudi Arabia during the winter break also did not sit well with many fans, or apparently, his Bundesliga peers.

In a survey conducted by kicker, 216 players from Germany’s top flight anonymously voted on the league’s biggest letdowns of the season.

Former Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha topped the flop list after a disappointing debut season with Bayern Munich, gathering 13.4% of the votes.

German midfielder Julian Brandt followed with 10.2% after a quiet campaign with a struggling Borussia Dortmund side.

Boniface rounded out the top three with 6.9% of the vote, making him the third biggest flop in the Bundesliga season, which was reflective of just how far his stock has fallen in just one year.