Onuachu was part of Nigeria’s team that finished third at the 2025 AFCON. Photo: Instagram@paulebere
Super Eagles forward Paul Onuachu has won the Turkish Süper Lig Golden Boot for the 2025/2026 campaign.
The Trabzonspor star shares the prize with Eldor Shomurodov after both scored 22 goals this season.
Onuachu played in 30 league matches this campaign to reach the 22-goal mark. The 31-year-old also had two assists in a standout season for the Nigerian.
Shomurodov, who plays for Istanbul Başakşehir, scored in his team’s last game of the campaign against Gaziantep FK.
Fenerbahçe’s Anderson Talisca, who scored 19 goals, followed them closely in the top scorers’ chart.
The latest accolade means Onuachu is the sixth Trabzonspor player to win the Turkish Süper Lig top scorer prize.
Last season, his compatriot, Victor Osimhen, won the award after finding the back of the net 26 times in 30 matches.
But this term, the former Napoli man scored only 15 goals in 22 league matches.
‘Force to Reckon With’
Paul Onuachu was a force to reckon with 2️⃣2️⃣ goals in the Süper Lig this season pic.twitter.com/90db0BV0pM
— Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) May 18, 2026
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles have congratulated Onuachu on the feat.
“Paul Onuachu was a force to reckon with, scoring 22 goals in the Süper Lig this season,” the team wrote in a tweet on their X handle on Monday, praising the forward’s impressive outing in Turkey during the 2025/2026 campaign.
Okoye Wins Club Award
In the meantime, Nigerian goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has won the Player of the Month award for May 2026 at the Italian club Udinese.
Okoye, 26, kept two clean sheets in three matches in the month under review.
Overall, the Nigerian now has 10 clean sheets in 29 Serie A matches this season.
His impressive performance has earned him a spot in the shortlist for the Serie A Player of the Month award for May.
Both players are expected to feature for the Super Eagles in this year’s Unity Cup in the UK, billed for later this month.
This year’s edition of the Unity Cup, last won by Nigeria in 2025, will be played at Charlton Athletic’s The Valley stadium in South London.
It will run from May 26 to 30, 2026. The three-time African champions will take on Zimbabwe in a high-stakes African heavyweight clash on May 26. On the same day, India and Jamaica will battle it out in the second semi-final tie.
If Nigeria win, they will battle it out in the final on May 30.
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