 Innocent with Malmö FF in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bujoc FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Lillestrøm | 54 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Malmö FF | 61 | (0) |
| 2022– | Lorient | 41 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 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 Ligue 1 club Lorient and the Nigeria national team.
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]
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]
| 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 | ||
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