Junior Lokosa
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior Sewanu Lokosa | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Badagry, Nigeria | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Lagos F.C | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2018 | First Bank | 128 | (92) |
| 2018–2019 | Kano Pillars | 35 | (26) |
| 2019–2020 | ES Tunis | 11 | (6) |
| 2021 | Simba Sports Club | ||
| 2021–2022 | Kwara United F.C. | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Rayyan | ||
| 2023– | Sporting Lagos F.C | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:04, 15 January 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:04, 15 January 2019 (UTC) | |||
Junior Sewanu Lokosa (born 23 August 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Sporting Lagos F.C
Lokosa played for First Bank before moving to Kano Pillars in May 2017.[1] He scored five goals in 14 league games up to the end of the 2017 season.[2]
By the midway point of the 2018 season, Lokosa had scored 14 goal in 15 matches.[3] In May 2018, he went on trial with Bulgarian club Ludogorets, and he also had a trial at Norwegian club Brann.[4][5] At the end of the season, he received the Eunisell Boot Award after his 19 goals placed him top of the NPFL scoring charts, earning him N3.8million (N200,000 for each goal).[6]
After trials in China,[7] he joined Espérance Sportive de Tunis on 14 January 2019, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. On July 30, 2020, the Tunisian champions Espérance Sportive de Tunis announced Lokosa's departure on their Official Twitter and cut his contract.[8]
On 5 August 2022, Lokosa joined Saudi Second Division side Al-Rayyan.[9]
