Promise Osazee Omochere (born 18 October 2000) is an Irish professional football player who plays as a

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for club

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Career

Bohemians

Omochere joined the

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senior team in 2018 after spending time with their academy. He scored his first league goal for the club in May 2021 in a 5–1 victory against

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. In March 2022, Republic of Ireland U21 manager Jim Crawford revealed that he had been contacted by a number of clubs in England regarding Omochere.

Fleetwood Town

On 21 July 2022, Omochere joined League One club

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for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2022–23 season in a 2–1 defeat to

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, having to be substituted off due to a fractured eye socket suffered in an aerial duel. It took Omochere until the 1 January 2023, his eighteenth game in all competitions, to open his account for the club, scoring the second in a 3–0 victory over

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Bristol Rovers

On 19 July 2024, Omochere returned to League One following Fleetwood Town's relegation, joining

on a three-year deal with the option for a further season. Although the fee remained undisclosed, it was widely reported to be in the region of £500,000, making him a club-record signing for Rovers who had fought off competition from

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and

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for his signature. Having made his debut on the opening day of the season, he opened his goalscoring account for the club in his fifth appearance, scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory over

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. Following a spell out of the first-team due to a number of different injuries, Omochere scored a third goal for the club with a late equaliser against Wrexham on 21 December 2024. Having suffered a hamstring injury in a New Year's Day defeat to

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, he was once again ruled out for an expected period of three months. Following a short return to first-team action in early March, he was forced off once again with a hamstring injury just eight minutes into his first start, expected to miss the remainder of the season.

Personal life

Omochere studied business and law at

Maynooth University Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University was formerly known as National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ). It was Ireland ...

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omochere, Promise 2000 births Living people Alumni of Maynooth University Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football forwards Bohemian F.C. players Fleetwood Town F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players League of Ireland players English Football League players Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers Irish expatriates in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Irish people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent Association footballers from Dublin (city) Black Irish sportspeople 21st-century Irish sportsmen