Bonke Innocent

Bonke Innocent
	Innocent with Malmö FF in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Bonke Innocent
Date of birth	20 January 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Malmö FF
Number	20
Youth career
	Bujoc FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2017	Lillestrøm
2017–	Malmö FF
National team‡
2021–	Nigeria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021

Bonke Innocent (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF 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 made his debut for the Nigeria national football 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.^[3]

As of match played 8 December 2021^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lillestrøm	2014	Tippeligaen	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2015		20	0	2	0	–		22	0
	2016		24	0	2	0	–		26	0
	2017		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		15	0	1	0	5	0	21	0
	2019		11	0	1	0	6	0	18	0
	2020		16	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
	2021		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

Malmö FF

^ "Bonke Innocent". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Bonke Innocent!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Cape Verde v Nigeria game report". FIFA. 7 September 2021.
^ Bonke Innocent at Soccerway

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