A professional football player streamed Call of Duty: Warzone live on Twitch when he suddenly had to leave. His excuse was obviously a lie.
Who is it about?
- Victor Boniface is a Nigerian professional football player who has been playing in the German Bundesliga since 2023. He is a forward with an estimated market value of around 40 million euros.
- He transferred in the summer of 2023 for around 22.6 million euros from the Belgian top-flight team Union Saint-Gilloise to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
- With the Bayer pharmaceutical company’s team, Boniface became the German champion in the 2023/2024 season.
Boniface will also be on the hunt for goals in the latest EA FC. The newest installment in the series brings several changes to Career Mode:
Boniface streams live on Twitch when he suddenly has to leave
What was that mysterious call about? Like many professional footballers, Victor Boniface enjoys playing video games in his free time and occasionally streams his gaming sessions live on Twitch.
On September 1st, Boniface was playing the battle royale shooter Call of Duty: Warzone to about 1,500 viewers on Twitch when he suddenly received a call. The pro answered the call but muted himself during the conversation for the stream.
After the conversation, he continued playing for a few more minutes, often looking at his smartphone. Then he ended the stream after not even an hour and explained that he had to go to a wedding.
That was a lie, as we know by now.
This is what really happened behind the call: On September 1st, the day of the stream, the Bundesliga club Werder Bremen announced that they had loaned Victor Boniface from Bayer Leverkusen for one year. The loan is set to end on June 30, 2026.
The announcement was made via a video on social media, where Boniface addressed the Bremen fans and said he was looking forward to playing in front of them in the new season. He presented himself in the same Boston Celtics basketball jersey that he wore during the Twitch stream.
In the meantime, Boniface clarified at a press conference that he was informed during the phone call that he needed to go to Werder Bremen for a medical check due to the loan. However, he didn’t want to say that in the stream, so he invented the wedding excuse.
Boniface is certainly not the only professional football player who enjoys playing video games and occasionally streams on Twitch. Brazilian Neymar seems to be very active, as he has logged thousands of hours in a popular shooter: The most expensive footballer of all time has 11,000 hours in a shooter on Steam, community judges: “Should handle grass”
