Makerson.
Nigerian striker, Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva has become the first African to win the Golden Boot in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
The 30-year-old scored 10 goals in seven Champions League games for Minsk in the 2019/2020 season.
She scored six of the 10 goals in the qualifying rounds and added four in the main tournament even though Minsk was eliminated in the Round of 16 by the Spanish side, Barcelona.
Oghiabekhva will however share the price with Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema and Breidablik’s Berglind Bjorg Borvaldsdottir.
The other two netted the same number of goals during the just-ended European competition, which was won by Lyon.
Her appearance in the 2019/20 Champions League was Oghiabekhva’s fourth outing with Minsk and eighth since 2009.
She formerly represented Rossiyanka twice, Energiya Voronezh, and BIIK Kazygurt once.
She has had a remarkable year 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.
She was instrumental when Minsk won its domestic treble in 2019, including the Women’s FA Cup and Super Cup. She was awarded the Belarusian Women’s League Best Player of the Year.
