Junior Sewanu Lokosa (born 23 August 1993) is a Nigerian

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who plays for Sporting Lagos F.C

Career

Lokosa played for First Bank before moving to

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in May 2017. He scored five goals in 14 league games up to the end of the 2017 season. By the midway point of the 2018 season, Lokosa had scored 14 goal in 15 matches. In May 2018, he went on trial with Bulgarian club

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, and he also had a trial at Norwegian club Brann. At the end of the season, he received the

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Boot Award after his 19 goals placed him top of the NPFL scoring charts, earning him N3.8million (N200,000 for each goal). After trials in China, he joined

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on 14 January 2019, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. On July 30, 2020, the Tunisian champions

announced Lokosa's departure on their

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and cut his

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. On 5 August 2022, Lokosa joined Saudi Second Division side

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International career

Lokosa made his international debut for

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on 28 May 2018 in a friendly against

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. After his impressive form with Kano Pillars, Lokosa was named in the 30-man provisional squad for the

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in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

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International

References

1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Lagos State Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards First Bank F.C. players Kano Pillars F.C. players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Al-Rayyan Club (Saudi Arabia) players Nigeria Professional Football League players Saudi Second Division players Nigeria men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia CAF Champions League–winning players 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub