Bonke Innocent

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bonke Innocent

| image = Bonke Innocent MFF practice 20180126.png

| caption = Innocent with Malmö FF in 2018

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|1|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria

| height = 1.79 m{{cite web |title=Bonke Innocent |url=https://www.mff.se/spelare/bonke-innocent/ |website=mff.se |publisher=Malmö FF |access-date=8 December 2021 |language=Swedish}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Adanaspor

| clubnumber = 14

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Bujoc FC

| years1 = 2014–2017

| clubs1 = Lillestrøm

| caps1 = 54

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017–2021

| clubs2 = Malmö FF

| caps2 = 61

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2022–2024

| clubs3 = Lorient

| caps3 = 41

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = Adanaspor

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2021–

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 7 March 2025

| nationalteam-update = 3 April 2023

}}

Bonke Innocent (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Turkish club Adanaspor 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 €799,000.{{cite web|title=Välkommen till Malmö FF, Bonke Innocent!|url=http://www.mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2017-08-02_valkommen-till-malmo-ff-bonke-innocent|website=mff.se|publisher=Malmö FF|accessdate=2 August 2017|language=Swedish|date=2 August 2017}}

Innocent was released by Malmö FF at the end of 2021, and he then signed a 3.5-year contract for Ligue 1 side FC Lorient.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Lorient|url=https://fclweb.fr/bonke-innocent-sengage-avec-le-fc-lorient/|title=BONKE INNOCENT S'ENGAGE AVEC LE FC LORIENT|date=18 January 2022|access-date=12 February 2022|language=fr}}

International career

Innocent made his debut for the Nigeria national 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.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/qualifiers/caf/match-center/400197997|title=Cape Verde v Nigeria game report|date=7 September 2021}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="5"\|Lillestrøm \|2014 \|Tippeligaen \|1	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	1	0
2015 \|Tippeligaen \|20	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	22	0
2016 \|Tippeligaen \|24	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	26	0
2017 \|Tippeligaen \|9	0	2	1	colspan="2"\|–	11	1
colspan="2"\|Total !54	0	6	1	0	0	60	1
rowspan="6"\|Malmö FF \|2017 \|Allsvenskan \|2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2018 \|Allsvenskan \|15	0	1	0	5	0	21	0
2019 \|Allsvenskan \|11	0	1	0	6	0	18	0
2020 \|Allsvenskan \|16	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
2021 \|Allsvenskan \|17	0	1	0	13	0	31	0
colspan="2"\|Total !61	0	5	0	25	0	91	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !115	0	11	1	25	0	151	1