Victor Boniface: The Rise of Leverkusen, Genius of Alonso & Love of Arsenal |The Obi One Podcast Ep8

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Join us for an extraordinary episode as we sit down with the young Nigerian forward making waves in the German Bundesliga, Victor Boniface! Currently playing for Bayer Leverkusen, the only unbeaten team in all of Europe's top leagues this season, Victor shares his incredible journey. Discover why he chose Bayer Leverkusen for their playing style and his admiration for manager Xabi Alonso's approach.
Victor takes us through the secrets behind their unbeaten run and highlights fellow players Granit Xhaka and Florian Wirtz. But the road to success was not without its challenges. Victor opens up about his tough time in Norway, facing two ACL injuries and the heartbreaking loss of his mother. At 21, he nearly quit football and faced a battle to regain his fitness.
With faith in God and unwavering determination, he bounced back, achieving success for both club and country. Tune in as Victor shares his thoughts on the upcoming AFCON and his experiences playing alongside Victor Osimhen.
And don't miss the entertaining stories from the final day drama in the Belgian League when his former team, Union SG, narrowly missed the league title. All this and more in Episode 8 of The Obi One Podcast.
Subscribe now for an inspiring and insightful conversation!
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
03:20 - John Obi Mikel's impressive assessment of Victor Boniface
08:39 - The Move To Bayer Leverkusen
10:20 - Mikel reminices tough battles vs Xabi Alonso as a player
13:08 - Xabi Alonso's influence on Victor Boniface
17:22 - Secret behind Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten league run
19:06 - Victor's high praise for Victor Osimhen
25:26 - How good is Florian Wirtz?
32:26 - Norway diaries and reason behind quitting football at 21

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@mohammedkora6069 5 ай бұрын

Very unfortunate that he is missing AFCON..what a great player..Thats football.wish him fastest recovery. Kudos to you guys from Gambia 🇬🇲 west Africa.

@adepojudayo6558 5 ай бұрын

So unfortunate. He missed under 20 world cup as a result of injury as well now AFCON

@ACE78123 4 ай бұрын

DId he get injured again?

@mbadnation7914 5 ай бұрын

Mikel is deserve Soo much love for always shinning light on African players, greatest sport podcast in the world

@edijalaufuoma5014 5 ай бұрын

Victor as great future. He is so intelligent and understands what he needs to do to help his career. Always rooting for you. Keep making us proud

@patrickrumbu2902 5 ай бұрын

ACL just 2 weeks after signing for a club, far away in the colds of Scandinavia, losing your mom...just wow! The mentality to still keep it together, and go make this career...we Nigerians are built different! Love him now. Plus he's so humble. Such a sad one he's picked up an injury in training which has cost him the Afcon. Come back stronger mate! 💚

@ebukaenweugwu3160 5 ай бұрын

Well done John Mikel. Good luck Boniface and a heavy shoutout to McHardy. Such a wholesome content!

@eyenamos894 5 ай бұрын

Victor is such an inspirational guy- always a delight to watch him- he plays with so much joy and fun

@CareerBusPodcast 5 ай бұрын

Mikel says “In the Super Eagles, I was the Zizou”. Deep down in Mikel’s he fancies the number 10 position he never played in at Chelsea. He knows he was originally designed for that attacking and controlling midfield position. Mikel don’t worry, we love you regardless.

@Kingr1737 5 ай бұрын

Boniface is so humble. He will win it all

@Rahjoe99 5 ай бұрын

Boniface speaks so well and intelligently top top finisher

@ajitempisal4045 5 ай бұрын

As a Leverkusen fan , I am missing him since his injury coz we need him the most against low block clubs

@diokpalization 5 ай бұрын

Rooting for you, Victor. You’ve been through a lot but your resilience is inspiring

@mdm4798 5 ай бұрын

It's criminal to interview Boniface and not ask about his celebration LOL. Loved the interview though, seems like a cool guy.

@afroriginalvoice9419 4 ай бұрын

Obi such a humble class

@adediranmuhydeen618 5 ай бұрын

I've been waiting patiently for the new episode, thank God my waiting period is over. Love you so much Bro

@user-ze5bg2kr7e 5 ай бұрын

What a journey to making it and Going through those hard times especially losing your mum… what a courageous guy, victor boniface 💫

@brandon_thomas55 5 ай бұрын

“If I make it” *injured and out for the tournament* That actually sucks so much man

@user-nw8bb1dt8h 5 ай бұрын

Nigeria is really missing Victor Boniface and Taiwo Awoniyi at the AFCON now, just hoping that Victor Osimhen, Terem Moffi and Paul Onuachu can do it.

@patrickrumbu2902 5 ай бұрын

1:07:35 Chris on behalf of every Nigerian - more than 200 million effervescent of us...we love you!

@edijalaufuoma5014 5 ай бұрын

Always look forward to every new episode of ObiOne Podcast. Great insights and always something new to learn in the world of football. Thanks Legend. 🔥 🔥

@ugonnaosuji1813 5 ай бұрын

What a story from Victor..such a great lad. @Mikel... love what you doing on here, keep it up!

@Olaitanjr20 5 ай бұрын

I can't stop learning thank you so much Mikel fit this podcast it's been helpful to my life as an upcoming professional footballer

@MajorrBison 5 ай бұрын

Next Afcon, he will be 24. I hope we finally get him to play. I was so much looking forward to the link up with Osimhen in the front to terrorize our opponents. Terem moffi is a good player to.

@therodian96 5 ай бұрын

A speedy recovery to that young man.

@johannesandersson7089 5 ай бұрын

Wow what s humble guy

@CareerBusPodcast 5 ай бұрын

The injury to Victor Boniface is not new, it’s a legacy occurrence in the Super Eagles setup. The moment a superstar striker is rising, he picks an injury before a Major tournament. It’s happened to Emenike in Confederations Cup in 2013, and we suffered playing that tournament with Ideye. That was Mikel’s best tournament in the Super Eagles Midfield position anyways. It also Happened to Victor Osimhen in 2021 (Covid), now it is happening to Victor Boniface. De Ja Vu!

@vincentodoh807 5 ай бұрын

We gonna miss victor at the African Nations Cup 2024. I wish him all the best❤

@TheAlkebulanTrust 5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year...and definitely looking forward to watching this full episode

@ashleywoodpepper2853 5 ай бұрын

I'm waiting for yakubu. We need a yakubu interview please 🙏🏽 thank you

@tommyhilfiger1972 3 ай бұрын

Amazing podcast guys. We all go through tough times indeed. It makes us stronger. I’ve been through it myself. Chels up!

@Acekidnwanganga 5 ай бұрын

Always exciting to watch this episodes!!!!

@sammie3945 5 ай бұрын

Really pray and hope he hasn't done his ACL again. Such a lovable character.

@jordanbamidele7981 5 ай бұрын

Great episode with a great stories to tell very humble guy

@abatiolamilekan7573 5 ай бұрын

What a great guy!! So humble . Sad he picked up an injury.

@papacitatv1696 5 ай бұрын

Another wonderful episode JOM.... I LOVE YOU

@olawaleabiodun4616 5 ай бұрын

It’s insane how the injury Mikel was describing is similar to the injury Boniface just picked up smh..Wishing him a speedy recovery

@Jonessinho360 4 ай бұрын

Arsenal fan here, and I'm hoping he comes to the Emirates.

@MichaelOdinakachukwu 5 ай бұрын

Two great Anchors. Boniface is well-spoken. Nice episode as always

@ajitempisal4045 5 ай бұрын

Keep the great work Hope you give more Bundesliga content Love from India❤

@mohammedsaniibrahim5647 5 ай бұрын

Been waiting... Lovely to be here first

@idongesitumoh2158 5 ай бұрын

What a time well spent!!!

@theblackpuma9 4 ай бұрын

As a Chelsea fan I’d be happy for both Bonifsce and Ohsimen but I’d rather Bonifsce dude will be scary in a few years.

@christopherizekor71 5 ай бұрын

What a great guy

@onyekachukwumartinanaeme256 5 ай бұрын

In Nigeria, epl clubs with the highest fans are Man U, Chelsea, and Arsenal. There are Liverpool fans but not as much as these 3. There are Man City fans among the new gens, not much at all as well. Lesser than Liverpool fans by far but growing cos of how good man city is now. There are arsenal fans true cos of kanu, I think they grew also in number when Kanu joined but mostly as well cos of wenger and his style of play and he was winning at the time. Won the title being undefeated. Arsenal was beautiful to watch. There are Chelsea fans not cos of Mikel, as much we love Mikel, sorry Mikel, but it was cos of how good they were at the time, always winning trophies. Same with Man U. Chelsea and Man U. Has the highest fan base in Nigeria. Followed by Arsenal and 4th is Liverpool.

@damilarealonge8190 5 ай бұрын

Please bring up Victor Moses

@luckychukwuma3822 5 ай бұрын

I think Victor Boniface should remain in Germany. He shouldn’t be in a rush to move. He’s in a very good environment where he’s thriving, after all there’s nothing special about premier league other than the money. The EPL lacks technicality. I’m proud of Boniface when he said he doesn’t really like the EPL. First time I have seen a Nigerian player have a different opinion. Kudus Boni.

@benardsundaytv5469 5 ай бұрын

Victor ur big no cap God will lift you more

@okechukwutochukwu4017 5 ай бұрын

I love dis podcast

@Stanleydozy 5 ай бұрын

Happy new year to everyone here …. It feels good to be back

@user-ls6vk8bg4w 5 ай бұрын

As a nigerian i know wat mikel did for us literally the mast captain to lift the nations cup what a legend what a guy

@caringvictor298 5 ай бұрын

@ Victor wish you quick recovery 🙏

@eghosagreat4265 5 ай бұрын

One question for victor is what inspires his celebration style whenever he score?

@mujeebahmed7940 5 ай бұрын

We need him at Arsenal

@peterdaniel5919 5 ай бұрын

I see Boni going to Madrid and I would be very happy for him 😁❤️ You can brrrr

@ibinaboalasia6869 5 ай бұрын

Excellent and delightful young man. I wish him health and success

@shegstvshegstv 5 ай бұрын

Nice one

@damyodunsi7633 5 ай бұрын

I wanted Mikel Obi to play for Arsenal, but it didn’t happen. And Boniface is the first Nigerian player I’ve heard say he preferred the La Liga to EPL . Madrid calling 👍🏻

@patrickrumbu2902 5 ай бұрын

Man is just a breath of fresh air.

@Rahjoe99 5 ай бұрын

Man would win an African best player in the next few years

@gurutv5050 4 ай бұрын

We missed him at the afcon

@kaylanhussein8436 5 ай бұрын

Arsenal would be stupid not to pick up this guy

@kevindavid37 5 ай бұрын

As if it was their choice…

@charlesonyeka340 5 ай бұрын

Who else noticed that Mikel didn't use his conventional vocabulary "obviously " as much today? 😅😅

@victorchristopher704 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@KenUbeleveit1 4 ай бұрын

Celestine Babayaro would be cool to have on the podcast

@ugonnaosuji1813 5 ай бұрын

Mikel we need Didier Drogba in this podcast soonest please

@allchelsea6791 4 ай бұрын

I will like to see jay jay okocha in this podcast

@michael-danielana6742 5 ай бұрын

Bosss

@sydneyigbokwe4362 5 ай бұрын

We will miss him so much and so funny his injury is his right abductor muscle like what happen to Mikel so sad He will not be in Afcon

@katorharry8699 5 ай бұрын

Boniface is going to be the best striker in the world soon

@kehindeorebiyi4048 5 ай бұрын

So unfortunate he won't be making it to AFCON due to injury.. God! i wished it was not true.

@user-ze5bg2kr7e 5 ай бұрын

Ahhh no way he’s not gonna be there I was looming forward to seeing him

@kehindeorebiyi4048 5 ай бұрын

@@user-ze5bg2kr7e sorry to burst your bubble off... We hope his replacement will be in form

@bankasset9414 5 ай бұрын

Mr OBI PLEASE TRY TO BRING THE MAN IN THE BIG GAMES DIDIER DROGBA ON SET THANKS.

@aniobimartinez 5 ай бұрын

Victor said he was 21-22 when he was in Norway. Did he forget that after several years, he's still 23m

@jordanlucy9360 5 ай бұрын

I watched him in bodo glint,he was too special for Norway league.

@ngrg17 5 ай бұрын

Hazard please 🙏

@abaszuboh 5 ай бұрын

sad he will not be making it to AFCON again sad for nigeria

@dominicchandler 4 ай бұрын

What was they gunna take off 😮 I dread too think 😅

@zaal_cross 5 ай бұрын

I’m 100% percent sure you won’t see this comment, but invite vinnie jones as a guest. That mf was wild and he’s got a lot of stories to tell. As a footballer and an actor

@ola...o1009 5 ай бұрын

Just figuring out John Obi can be funny at times 😅

@mujeebahmed7940 5 ай бұрын

Come to Arsenal

@patrickrumbu2902 5 ай бұрын

Imagine Boniface going through all these & not resigning himself to the 'mental health' card, compare that to Dele Alli. Which would you rather be: go through stuff & apply yourself to it or go through stuff & feel sorry for yourself? Boniface knows he has no option than to win. The none Western approach to 'mental health' issues is the best.

@LoudMouthFootball 5 ай бұрын

Victor just got injured. Unfortunately.

@bullardmurray7742 5 ай бұрын

Boniface u fit still come Chelsea oh

@brodogoks2526 5 ай бұрын

What’s up with the presenters voice/throat?

@kehindeorebiyi4048 5 ай бұрын

thought i was the only who noticed

@user-nv7ol1qo6x 5 ай бұрын

He is Scottish Has that accent

@emilinegao613 5 ай бұрын

lmao

@brodogoks2526 5 ай бұрын

@@user-nv7ol1qo6x yeah Scottish accent is not a problem it’s the throat/voice

@briantwj 5 ай бұрын

Give the Chelsea job to Mikel! 😂😂😂😂

@giggzlopez1293 5 ай бұрын

Chelsea both victors

@ifeanyindukwu 5 ай бұрын

Wishing bonny speedy injury

@afroriginalvoice9419 4 ай бұрын

Obi change your co-host and get someone who understands his place

@oludowoledavid2606 5 ай бұрын

@arsenal Please don’t f this up

@user-ze5bg2kr7e 5 ай бұрын

Premier league is soo scary for players that they are saying things like I don’t like it because of the physicality. The only league that really tests you’re ability and finds out if you’re really a baller or just a big fish in a small pond like la liga. I’ve seen him play and I know he won’t succeed in the prem , he’s not good enough and they say he’s techcinal but he’s not clean with it in terms of the way he touches the ball. Lastly there’s no way he’s 23 that’s his football age, he’s in his late 20s by the looks of it, I would say 26/27. Every subsaharan African knows that ppl have been lying about their age to get to Europe. Look at the mali u17 in the World Cup they went by. He’s a good footballer but I don’t think he’s anything special and will Become a world beater but he can have a good career

@felixaihie1861 2 ай бұрын

Shaaaaaaaataaaap!

@olaworetaofeek7955 Ай бұрын

Yeye Mikel, stop embarrassing us with all the nonsense you have been splitting all this while. I understand you are trying to stay relevant. Why would you say Kante only played better for 2 seasons. Half of Kante is better than you