Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva becomes first African player to win Women's Champions League Golden Boot
Nigerian foward Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva has become the first African to clinch the Women's Champions League Golden Boot award.
Oghiabekhva's Minsk side failed to progress beyond the Round of 16 but the Nigerian still finished the tournament's top scorer to make history.
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Emuidzhi Oghiabekhva has clinched the Golden Boot of the 2019-20 Uefa Women's Champions League following her exploits for Minsk.
Oghiabekhva scored 10 goals in seven games for Minsk and becomes the first African woman to finish among the Champions League top scorers since the inception of the tournament in 2001.
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Despite Minsk's Round of 16 exit to Barcelona, the Nigerian scored six goals in qualifying rounds and four in the main competition on her fourth European outing with the Belarusian side.