Paul Onuachu

Midtjylland

Onuachu moved to Danish club FC Midtjylland in 2012 on a scholarship from their affiliate team in Nigeria, Ebedei. He was a prolific scorer for their youth team, and made his first-team debut in the Cup later that year, before making his league debut in December 2012. In June 2013 he signed a new three-year contract with the club, before extending it for a further three-years in August 2015. In early 2015 he was loaned to Vejle BK, before returning to FC Midtjylland ahead of the 2015–16 season. Onuachu helped Midtjylland to the Danish Superliga title twice, in 2015 and 2018, and scored the winner against Manchester United in Midtjylland's home last-32 first-leg of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, but two goals from United debutant Marcus Rashford in the second-leg a week later at Old Trafford saw the English side win 5–1 on the night and 6–3 on aggregate.

Genk

In August 2019 he signed for then reigning Belgian Pro League champions Genk, who had just appointed Felice Mazzù as coach. At 2.01m tall, Onuachu was seen as being an "atypical" transfer. Onauchu made his debut on 1 September 2019 as a late stoppage-time substitute in a 1–1 draw against Club Brugge, and would score in his next two league games, starting in both a 2–1 defeat against Sporting Charleroi and 3–1 win over Oostende. Onuachu's second full season at Genk saw him finish top scorer with 33 league goals (35 in all competitions), winning him the Golden Bull for leading Belgian Pro…

Onuachu was called up to the Nigeria under-23 national team in February 2015. In March 2019 he received his first call-up to the Nigerian senior team. On 26 March 2019, Onuachu scored his first goal for Nigeria in a friendly match against Egypt. The goal was scored within the first ten seconds of the game, and the fastest ever scored for Nigeria. Following the goal Onuachu was heralded as the "toast of Nigerian football", with "his coach, team-mates, journalists and fans talking about him". He was selected to the Nigeria squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He played in Nigeria's 1–0 win over Burundi, as the Super Eagles reached the semi-finals, losing 2–1 to Algeria in the last four, then beating Tunisia 1–0 in the bronze-medal match. On 12 January 2024, he was called up to the Nigerian squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, replacing injured Umar Sadiq. On 11 December 2025, Onuachu was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club

As of match played 27 August 2026

International

As of match played 10 June 2026

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Onuachu goal.

Midtjylland

Danish Superliga: 2014–15, 2017–18 Danish Cup: 2018–19 Genk

Belgian Cup: 2020–21 Trabzonspor

Turkish Cup: 2025–26 Nigeria

Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2023; third place: 2019, 2025 Individual

Belgian Pro League top goalscorer: 2020–21 Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year: 2020–21 Belgian Golden Shoe: 2021 Belgian Pro League Team of the Year: 2020–21 Ebony Shoe: 2021 Süper Lig top goalscorer: 2025–26 (joint) Orders

Member of the Order of the Niger