Jubilation As Super Eagles Striker Wins Footballer of the Year and Golden Boot Awards in Top European League

- Paul Onuachu was on fire for Genk in the recently concluded season

- The Super Eagles forward scored 29 goals and two assists in 33 league games

- Onuachu also helped them win the Belgian Cup title after victory over Standard Liege

- The former Midtjylland has now been named the footballer of the year while he also picked the golden show prize

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Nigerian star Paul Onuachu seems to have written his name in gold in the hearts of Genk and their supporters following the blistering performances he displayed during the 2020-21 season.

The 26-year-old ended up scoring 35 goals and five assists in 41 appearances across competitions for the Blue-White thereby leading him to win two Belgian league awards.

Onuachu was named the Jupiler Pro League footballer of the year award and also picked up the Golden Shoe prize after a festival of goals for the Cristal Arena outfit.

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The tall attacker also helped coach John van den Brom's men win their only cup of the season after lifting the Belgian Cup following a 2-1 win against Standard Liege.

Though he was not on the scores sheet for the game, he, however, provided an assist for the winning goal in the 85th minute.

Excited Genk while celebrating the Nigerian star posted on their official Twitter handle saying:

"Congratulations Paul! As a club, we are of course very proud of this election of Paul. He is already a legend of KRC Genk.”

Onuachu's brilliance didn't stop at his club as he scored twice in back-to-back games for Nigeria during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho earlier this year.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Paul Onuachu scored his 35th goal of the season as Genk beat Anderlecht 2-1 away from home in the Belgian league play-offs, Complete Sports report.

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The Super Eagles star opened the scoring for his club in the 16th minute before former Man City star of Nigerian descent Lukas Nmecha equalised for Anderlecht in the 31st minute.

However, another Super Eagles star Cyriel Dessers got the much-needed winner in 86th, 10 minutes after coming on for Onuachu.