Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Josh Maja has emerged as Bordeaux’s top scorer in French Ligue 1 2019-2020 season.

The skilful striker, who made his international debut on 10 September in a 2–2 friendly against Ukraine, scored eight goals in all competition, level with two other Bordeaux players in the shape of Jimmy Briand and Nicolas De Préville.

But Bordeaux has decided to name Maja as their top scorer in all tournaments because he was more efficient than Briand and De Préville, scoring a goal every 113 minutes and played fewer games.

While Maja played 24 games over the course of the season and was in action for 894 minutes, Briand logged 1,774 minutes in 26 matches and De Préville racked up 2,251 minutes in 28 games.

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The Bordeaux number nine provided three assists, with two of them coming in the Ligue 1.

The highlight of Maja’s season in terms of goalscoring was netting his first career hat-trick against Nîmes Olympique on matchday sixteen in December 2019.

Meanwhile, Super Eagles winger Samuel Kalu netted once in 22 appearances, his worst return in front of goal since moving to Europe in 2016.