Bonke Innocent

Bonke Innocent
Innocent with Malmö FF in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Adanaspor
Number 14
Youth career
Bujoc FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Lillestrøm 54 (0)
2017–2021 Malmö FF 61 (0)
2022–2024 Lorient 41 (0)
2024– Adanaspor 5 (0)
International career‡
2021– Nigeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2023

Bonke Innocent (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Turkish club Adanaspor and the Nigeria national team.

Club career

On 2 August 2017, Malmö FF announced the signing of Innocent on a contract until 2021 for a fee of €800,000.[2]

Innocent was released by Malmö FF at the end of 2021, and he then signed a 3.5-year contract for Ligue 1 side FC Lorient.[3]

International career

Innocent made his debut for the Nigeria national team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started and played the whole match.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2021[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lillestrøm 2014 Tippeligaen 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2015 Tippeligaen 20 0 2 0 – 22 0
2016 Tippeligaen 24 0 2 0 – 26 0
2017 Tippeligaen 9 0 2 1 – 11 1
Total 54 0 6 1 0 0 60 1
Malmö FF 2017 Allsvenskan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2018 Allsvenskan 15 0 1 0 5 0 21 0
2019 Allsvenskan 11 0 1 0 6 0 18 0
2020 Allsvenskan 16 0 2 0 1 0 19 0
2021 Allsvenskan 17 0 1 0 13 0 31 0
Total 61 0 5 0 25 0 91 0
Career total 115 0 11 1 25 0 151 1

Honours

Malmö FF

References

  1. ^ "Bonke Innocent". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Bonke Innocent!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "BONKE INNOCENT S'ENGAGE AVEC LE FC LORIENT" (Press release) (in French). FC Lorient. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Cape Verde v Nigeria game report". FIFA. 7 September 2021.
  5. ^ Bonke Innocent at Soccerway


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