Joshua Raymond Bohui (born 3 March 1999) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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. Bohui is a product of the

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

and

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

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and began his senior career in the Netherlands with

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

. Following a spell with EFL club

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ...

, he dropped into

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in 2021. He was capped by England at

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level.

Club career

Youth career: Brentford and Manchester United

After beginning his youth career at the Evolution Sports & Health Academy in London, Bohui entered the

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in 2011. He progressed through the youth ranks and was part of the U15 team which won the Junior Globe at the 2014

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. He made his

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debut during the 2014–15 season and scored two goals in 12 appearances. Bohui signed a scholarship deal at the end of the 2014–15 season and scored nine goals in 22 appearances for the youth team during the 2015–16 season. He also broke into the Development Squad, making 13 appearances and scoring one goal. Due to the closure of the Brentford

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at the end of the 2015–16 season, Bohui had his contract terminated by mutual consent on 28 July 2016. On 7 August 2016, Bohui joined the

on a three-year contract. He progressed through the U18 team to the club's U23 team, but he twice rejected a new four-year contract and was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2018–19 season.

NAC Breda

On 5 July 2019, Bohui moved to the

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to join

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

on a two-year contract, with the option of two further years. A knee injury suffered that same month kept him out until November 2019 and he made four appearances before the 2019–20 season was ended early. Bohui was

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ed in June 2020, but he began the

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season with four appearances and one goal, prior to his contract being terminated by mutual consent on 5 October 2020.

Colchester United

On 10 October 2020, Bohui returned to England to sign a contract with League Two club

on a free transfer. He made 13 appearances before being dropped from

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's matchday squads in mid-January 2021. Bohui returned to the substitutes' bench in late April and scored his first goal for the club on his first appearance for nearly five months, with the only goal of the game versus Salford City on 1 May, which secured the Us' League Two status. He finished the season with 15 appearances and one goal and was released when his contract expired.

Non-League football

In September 2021, Bohui transferred to Southern League First Division Central club

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. He made a single first team appearance and transferred to Southern League Premier Division South club

Hayes & Yeading United Hayes & Yeading United Football Club is an association football club based in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The club was formed in 2007 from a merger of Hayes Football Club (founded in 1909) and Yeading Football Club (f ...

on 23 November 2021. He made just two appearances in five weeks with Hayes & Yeading United and departed to join

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Premier Division club

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in January 2022. Following four appearances and a friendly appearance on trial for

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club

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in February 2022, Bohui made a single appearance for Southern League Premier Division South club Chesham United in March 2022. Bohui began the

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season with Southern Combination League First Division club

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B. After scoring five goals in nine appearances, he transferred to

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club

Cheshunt Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering th ...

on 7 October 2022. After making just one appearance, Bohui transferred to Isthmian League South East Division club Sevenoaks Town later that month. He finished the season with 14 appearances and one goal, but did not appear past mid-January 2023.

Europe

In March 2024, Bohui joined Finnish

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club

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on trial and made one League Cup appearance. In December 2024, Bohui made one appearance for French

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club

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International career

Bohui is eligible to play for

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at international level. He was invited to a

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with the England under-16 team in January 2015 and won three caps for the under-17s during the second half of the 2015–16 season, with two coming during the Young Lions' unsuccessful 2016 UEFA European U17 Championship campaign.

Personal life

Bohui was born to an English mother and an Ivorian father. He attended

Ark Evelyn Grace Academy Ark Evelyn Grace Academy is a non-Selective school, selective, coeducational secondary school in Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth. The Academy is a member of Ark, a multi-academy trust with schools across England. The Academy opened ...

Career statistics

References

External links

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at southern-football-league.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohui, Joshua Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards 1999 births Manchester United F.C. players England men's youth international footballers Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people English people of Ivorian descent Sportspeople of Ivorian descent Brentford F.C. players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands NAC Breda players Eerste Divisie players Colchester United F.C. players English Football League players Waltham Abbey F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players Southern Football League players Leatherhead F.C. players Isthmian League players Chesham United F.C. players Cheshunt F.C. players National League (English football) players Sevenoaks Town F.C. players Footballers from London Turun Palloseura footballers 21st-century English sportsmen Wasquehal Football players Expatriate men's footballers in France English expatriate sportspeople in France Championnat National 2 players