Victor Boniface Net Worth: Profile, Age, Salary, Girlfriend, House, Cars, How Rich is he in 2025?

Victor Boniface is a Nigerian professional footballer that plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.

He represents the Super Eagles at the international level.

The Nigeria international is known for his dribbling, work rate, strength, playmaking and goalscoring abilities.

After impressing at Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt, winning the Eliteserien back-to-back in 2020 and 2021, Boniface sealed a transfer to Belgian club Union St Gilloise.

His impressive stint in Belgium saw him seal a transfer to Bundesliga club, Bayer Leverkusen for a record deal.

While specific financial details of the deal were not  disclosed by Leverkusen, Union SG reportedly agreed to the transfer for a guaranteed fee of €20 million, along with €7.5 million in add-ons and various clauses. 

Boniface’s Leverkusen deal  also set a new record for Union SG as the most expensive sale in their history, easily surpassing the €7 million they received from Club Brugge in exchange for Casper Nielsen in 2022.

Since then, Boniface has enjoyed established himself in Germany, helping Xabi Alonso’s side end their 120-year wait for a Bundesliga title in a phenomenal debut season, before sealing a loan switch to Werder Bremen on deadline day.

Full name: Victor Okoh Boniface

Birth date: December 23, 2000

Nationality: Nigerian

Place of birth: Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Age: 24 years old (as of September 2025)

Current club: SV Werder Bremen (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)

Height: 6ft 3in

Marital status: Single

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Okoh Boniface (Late)

Salary: $2.1 million per year (Before Tax and inclusive of bonuses)

Net worth: $USD 500,000

Instagram: @boniface_jrn

X: @boniface_jrn

TikTok: @boniface_jrn7

Victor was born on December 23, 2000, in Akure, Ondo State, to Mr. and Mrs. Okoh Boniface.

However, he ended up growing up with his grandparents, having reportedly lost his parents at a tender age.

Victor Boniface is 25 years old as of September 2025.

Notably, Victor Boniface’s grandfather was a distinguished veteran of the Nigerian Army.

Victor grew up playing for Real Sapphire Football Club, a Nigerian professional football club based in Lagos, Nigeria owned by UK-based Nigerian businessman and football proprietor, Frank Peters.

In January 2018, Boniface went on loan to KTFF Süper Lig club Lefke TSK. 

After continuing his career here for a short time, he returned to Real Sapphire in July 2018.

Boniface signed for Norwegian league giants Bodø/Glimt from Real Sapphire on 4 March 2019.

He suffered a ligament injury only two weeks after signing for Glimt, which was said to likely sideline him for the duration of the 2019 season.

Boniface was selected to the Nigeria U-20 squad to play the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, but had to withdraw from the squad due to injury.

In September 2019, he reportedly made his league debut for the club.

With  Bodø/Glimt, he won two league titles, having scored 23 goals and created 8 assists in 66 appearances for the club.

After impressing in Norway, Boniface signed a four-year contract with Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise in August 2022.

Union reached the quarter-finals of the 2022–23 Europa League.

 Boniface scored six goals in the competition, including a brace against Union Berlin in the round of 16, finishing as the competition's joint top scorer along with Marcus Rashford.

That year, he was also named in the Europa League Team of the season.

After scoring 17 goals and registering 12 assists in 55 appearances for USG, he sealed a transfer to Bundesliga club, Bayer Leverkusen, in the summer of 2023.

On 22 July 2023, Boniface signed for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen on a contract until 2028, and was assigned the number 22 shirt.

He made his Bundesliga debut as a starter on 19 August, in a 3–2 home victory over RB Leipzig.

The following week, on 26 August, he scored his first Bundesliga goals by netting a brace at the Borussia Park in a 3–0 away derby win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Boniface helped Leverkusen win the 2023-24 Bundesliga title in his debut season under the leadership of Xabi Alonso - their first in 120 years.

He also swooped home the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month of four different occasions in his debut season, winning the Player of the Month once.

He was also named in the Bundesliga Team of the season, having scored over 12 goals and created 9 assists in 21 appearances in the Bundesliga so far.

At the German club, Boniface scored 32 goals and 12 assists in 61 appearances across all competitions for Leverkusen.

On September 1 2025, Boniface joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen on a season-long loan from Bayer Leverkusen.

The transfer came on the final day of the summer window, concluding a period of uncertainty for the Nigerian striker.

The loan agreement, which does not include an option to buy, sees Werder Bremen cover a portion of his salary.

This move followed a failed transfer to Italian club AC Milan.

In August 2025, Boniface had travelled to Milan to complete a move that included a €5 million loan fee and a €24 million buy option.

However, the deal collapsed after he reportedly failed a medical examination.

The failure was attributed to concerns over recurring knee injuries, including two previous anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.

Boniface, who has been open about his struggles with these injuries, had become a third-choice striker at Leverkusen and sought the move to secure more playing time.

Boniface made his debut for the Super Eagles of Nigeria on 10 September 2023, coming on in the 64th minute for Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi. 

He provided an assist in that match to Samuel Chukwueze.

On 29 December 2023, he was named in the Nigerian squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast.

However, on 8 January 2024, Boniface sustained a muscle injury which forced him to miss the African tournament,  and he was replaced by Terem Moffi of OGC Nice.

Since making his debut in 2023, Boniface has made 13 appearances for the Super Eagles, recording 1 assist and 1 goal.

In June 2025, after a 1-1 friendly draw against Russia where he was substituted, Boniface sparked widespread rumours of his retirement from the Nigeria national team following a post on his Instagram Stories,

The post, which included the Nigerian Pidgin phrase, "I don hang boot," which means "I have retired," was quickly deleted.

While there was a lot of speculation and debate among fans and sports media about the sincerity of his post, the general conclusion is that it was not a genuine retirement announcement.

As at August 2025, Victor Boniface was reportedly taking home a weekly salary of £33,100 at Bayer Leverkusen.

Werder Bremen is expected to cover a portion of his salary during his loan spell in the 2025/26 season.

As of September 2025, Victor Boniface is estimated to have a net worth of $1.5 million, with the 24-year-old Super Eagles striker boasting a market value of €40m via Transfermrkt.

Boniface makes most of his money by playing football.

However, his earnings are expected to increase significantly during the course of his career, and also impact his net worth.

Per Week: $41,006 ( ₦57,408,400)

Per Month: $177,691 (₦248,767,050)

Per Year:  $2,132,289 (₦2,985,204,600)

N.B: The figures above include on-field bonuses from international and club-level competitions before tax.

Victor Boniface like most players is a lover of exotic automobiles.

The Nigeria international's impressive collection includes a sleek Mercedes G-Class, boasting a value of around $150,000.

Boniface is also a lover of expensive jewellries and wristwatches.

Pulse Sports previously reported that the Leverkusen star lavished around N10 million for custom-made iced-out pendants as tribute to his late mother, as well as his grandmother after helping his side win a historic Bundesliga title.

The exotic piece was made by a prominent jeweller, Buchi Obasi – who was also responsible for producing Osimhen’s championship diamond ring after he won the Scudetto with Napoli in 2023.

He is also rumoured to own a pair of Rolex watches worth $6,500 each.

Eliteserien: 2020, 2021

Bundesliga: 2023/24 season

UEFA Europa League Top Scorer: 2022/23 season

UEFA Europa League Team of the season: 2022/23

 Bundesliga Rookie of the Month: August 2023, September 2023, October 2023, November 2023

Bundesliga Player of the Month: August 2023

Bundesliga Team of The Season: 2023/24

Victor Boniface is one of the most active Nigerian athletes on social media with Instagram and Twitter accounts that he posts on regularly.

Pulse Sports named the Leverkusen striker as one of the most influential Nigerian footballers of 2023.

Boniface finds himself headlining trends with his posts on Instagram and X, having gained prominence not just for his exploits on the pitch, but also his sense of humour.

He currently has more than 1.1 million followers on Instagram, while boasting more than 551,000 followers on his X account.

Victor Boniface’s X handle is @boniface_jrn

Victor Boniface's Instagram handle is also @boniface_jrn

Victor Boniface's TikTok handle is @boniface_jrn7

Victor Boniface was last known to be in a relationship with a Norwegian influencer known as Rikke Hermine Jansen, as first revealed by Pulse Sports.

The pair are understood to have dated for four years, before their split in December 2024.

Boniface and Rikke met in 2021 while he was still playing for Bodø/Glimt.

During their relationship, the 22-year-old Oslo native was very supportive of the Super Eagles star through his journey from Norway to Belgium, and now Germany.

She has also attended Boniface’s matches and the couple made the headlines in May 2024, sharing a kiss following Leverkusen’s formal confirmation as Bundesliga champions for the first time in their history.

It was also the last time the pair were publicly spotted together.

After Pulse Sports broke the news of their split, rumours which were widely circulated on social media, suggested that Boniface and Hermine had broken up because she insisted on a legal marriage without a prenuptial agreement, a demand he allegedly refused.

Those rumours about a contractual agreement with Rikke Hermine being the cause of the split were indeed fake.

Boniface himself addressed and denied these allegations.

In a now-deleted social media post, he explicitly stated that the claims were "all lies" and urged people to stop spreading "fake sh*t."

While Boniface and Hermine unfollowed each other on social media, the striker's public response makes it clear that the specific reason cited in the rumours such as 'the alleged prenuptial agreement' was, in fact, a fabrication for clicks.