Nosa Iyobosa Edokpolor
{{short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nosa Iyobosa Edokpolor
| image = File:Nosa Iyobosa Edokpolor, FC RB Salzburg gegen SCR Altach (2023-03-19) 87 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Edokpolor in 2023
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|9|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Benin City, Nigeria
| height = 1.78 m{{soccerway|nosa-iyobosa-edokpolor/301517}}
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Kauno Žalgiris
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2004–2006
| youthclubs1 = SV Glanegg
| youthyears2 = 2006–2012
| youthclubs2 = FC St. Veit
| youthyears3 = 2014–2015
| youthclubs3 = → Palermo (loan)
| years1 = 2012–2015 | clubs1 = FC St. Veit | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = Wolfsberger AC II | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2018 | clubs3 = SV Horn | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2018–2020 | clubs4 = Blau-Weiß Linz | caps4 = 52 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2020–2024 | clubs5 = Rheindorf Altach | caps5 = 75 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = Rheindorf Altach II | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2024 | clubs7 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = Kauno Žalgiris | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 0
| club-update = 5 May 2025
}}
Nosa Iyobosa Edokpolor (born 22 September 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a left-back, most recently for Lithuanian A Lyga club Kauno Žalgiris.
==Club career==
=Early career=
Iyobosa Edokpolor began his career with SV Glanegg, before moving to the youth academy of FC St. Veit in 2006.{{cite web |last1=Trevisan |first1=Claudio |title=Transfercoup: Von der Kärntner Liga in die Serie A! |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/klagenfurt/c-sport/transfercoup-von-der-kaerntner-liga-in-die-serie-a_a1028886 |website=MeinBezirk |language=de |date=24 July 2014}} In April 2012, he made his senior debut for the first team of St. Veit in the fourth-tier Kärntner Liga. In the 2011–12 season he made to a total of three league appearances. In the 2012–13 season, he made 15 appearances in the fourth division. In May 2014, he scored his first goal in a 5–2 defeat against SC Landskron.
Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Iyobosa Edokpolor moved to Italy, where he joined the youth setup of the Palermo on loan.{{cite web |title=Rapid sagte ihm nach Probetraining ab |url=http://sportnet.at/home/fussball/bundesliga/Rapid/3843834/Nosa-Iyobosa-Edokpolor-wechselt-nach-Palermo_Rapid-sagte-ihm-nach |website=SportNet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820194721/http://sportnet.at/home/fussball/bundesliga/Rapid/3843834/Nosa-Iyobosa-Edokpolor-wechselt-nach-Palermo_Rapid-sagte-ihm-nach |archive-date=20 August 2016 |language=de |date=24 July 2014 |url-status=dead}} Playing for the U19 team, he made six appearances in the Campionato Primavera.{{cite web |title=Nosa Edokpolor » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/nosa-edokpolor/2/ |website=WorldFootball |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=6 March 2022 |language=en}}
=Wolfsberger AC II=
Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Iyobosa Edokpolor returned to Austria and moved to the third-tier second team of Wolfsberger AC. In July 2015, he made his debut in the Austrian Regionalliga against Annabichler SV. In the 2015–16 season he made 27 Regionalliga appearances, with the second team of the Carinthian side, who suffered relegation to the Landesliga at the end of the season.{{cite web |title=Nosa Iyobosa Edokpolor |url=https://www.oefb.at/Profile/Spieler/283636?Nosa-Iyobosa-Edokpolor |website=ÖFB |access-date=6 March 2022 |language=de}}
=SV Horn=
In June 2016, Iyobosa Edokpolor signed a two-year contract with recently promoted 2. Liga club SV Horn.{{cite web |title=Nosa Iyobosa Edokpolor ist Horner |url=https://www.svhorn.at/de/verein/news/nosa-iyobosa-edokpolor-ist-horner |website=SV Horn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142714/http://www.svhorn.at/de/verein/news/nosa-iyobosa-edokpolor-ist-horner |archive-date=12 June 2018 |language=de |date=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead}} His debut in the second division followed in August 2016, when he came off the bench in injury time for Ferdinand Weinwurm on the sixth matchday of that season against SC Wiener Neustadt.{{cite web |title=Horn vs. Wiener Neustadt – 19 August 2016 – Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/19/austria/1-liga/sv-horn/fc-magna-wiener-neustadt/2243970/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=6 March 2022}} By the end of the season, he had made ten appearances in the second division, from which he was relegated with Horn. After relegation, he scored his first Regionalliga goal in April 2018 in a 2–0 win against SC-ESV Parndorf. In the 2017–18 season, he was utilised in all 31 league games, as Horn were able to win promotion to the 2. Liga once again.
=Blau-Weiß Linz=
After regaining promotion with Horn, Iyobosa Edokpolor moved to league rivals Blau-Weiß Linz for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |last1=Gillmayr |first1=Peter |title=Sechs Neuzugänge beim Stahlstadtklub |url=https://blauweiss-linz.at/news/2386/sechs-neuzugaenge-beim-stahlstadtklub/ |website=FC Blau-Weiß Linz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141108/https://www.blauweiss-linz.at/news/2386/sechs-neuzugaenge-beim-stahlstadtklub/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |language=de |date=7 June 2018 |url-status=dead}} In October 2018, he scored his first goal in professional football in a 6–3 victory against Austria Wien II.{{cite web |title=Austria Wien II vs. Blau-Weiß Linz – 26 October 2018 – Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/26/austria/1-liga/fk-austria-memphis-magna-amateure/fc-blau-weiss-linz/2802758/ |website=int.soccerway.com |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=6 March 2022}} In his first season with the team, he made 29 second division appearances. After a further 23 appearances in the 2019–20 season, his contract was terminated in July 2020 due to disciplinary problems. Iyobosa Edokpolor had previously refused a substitution against his former club Horn on matchday 26, and not showed up for team practice the following day.{{cite web |last1=Watzinger |first1=Raphael |title=Eine Entlassung und zwei alte Bekannte bei Blau-Weiß |url=https://www.nachrichten.at/sport/fussball/blauweiss-linz/eine-entlassung-und-zwei-alte-bekannte-bei-blau-weiss;art102094,3272186 |website=OÖ Nachrichten |language=de |date=6 July 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Hötzenegger |first1=Wolfgang |title=Vertrag mit Nosa aufgelöst |url=https://blauweiss-linz.at/news/3052/vertrag-mit-nosa-aufgeloest/ |website=FC Blau-Weiß Linz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706152224/https://blauweiss-linz.at/news/3052/vertrag-mit-nosa-aufgeloest/ |archive-date=6 July 2020 |language=de |date=6 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}
=Rheindorf Altach=
On 10 July 2020, Edokpolor signed with Austrian Football Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach.{{cite web|publisher=SC Rheindorf Altach|url=https://newsroom.scra.at/de/scra/1.Mannschaft/erste-transfers-fuer-saison-2020-21-fixiert/|title=Erste Transfers für Saison 2020/21 fixiert|date=10 July 2020|language=de}} Following the expiration of his contract, he left Altach after the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |title=SCRA verabschiedet mehrere Akteure |url=https://www.scra.at/news/detail/scra-verabschiedet-mehrere-akteure |website=SC Rheindorf Altach |access-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815110229/https://www.scra.at/news/detail/scra-verabschiedet-mehrere-akteure |archive-date=15 August 2024 |language=de}} Over his four years at the club, he made 82 appearances.
=Dinamo Tbilisi=
In September 2024, Edokpolor signed with Georgian Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi, joining fellow Austrians, head coach Ferdinand Feldhofer and player Dominik Reiter.{{cite news |title=Feldhofer holt nächsten Ex-Altacher nach Georgien |url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/international/ligen-mix/news/feldhofer-holt-naechsten-ex-altacher-nach-georgien/ |access-date=24 October 2024 |work=LAOLA1 |date=16 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916160726/https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/international/ligen-mix/news/feldhofer-holt-naechsten-ex-altacher-nach-georgien/ |archive-date=16 September 2024 |language=de}} On 15 January 2025, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Edokpolor had left the club after his contract had expired.{{cite web |title=დინამო თბილისი რამდენიმე ფეხბურთელმა და მწვრთნელმა დატოვა |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/ge/news?n=105130&i= |website=fcdinamo.ge |publisher=FC Dinamo Tbilisi |access-date=15 January 2025 |language=Georgian |date=15 January 2025}}
= FK Kauno Žalgiris =
On 4 February 2025 Kauno Žalgiris Club announced about agreement with Edokpolor.[https://zalgiris.lt/naujienos/fk-kauno-zalgirio-gretas-papilde-gynejas-is-austrijos Official site:FK „Kauno Žalgirio“ gretas papildė gynėjas iš Austrijos][https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/514727/kauno-zalgirio-gretas-papilde-gynejas-is-austrijos sportas.lt news: FK „Kauno Žalgirio“ gretas papildė gynėjas iš Austrijos]
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 1 December 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|FC St. Veit
|2011–12 |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13
|Kärntner Liga |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|Kärntner Liga |28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 1 | ||
| Wolfsberger AC II
|27 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|SV Horn
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Blau-Weiß Linz
|2. Liga |29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20
|2. Liga |23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!52 | 2 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 55 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Rheindorf Altach
|20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Austrian Bundesliga |20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|Austrian Bundesliga |26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Austrian Bundesliga |9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!75 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 82 | 0 | ||
| Rheindorf Altach II
|2021–22 |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="1"|Dinamo Tbilisi
|2024 |12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!255 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 5 |
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Category:Footballers from Benin City
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Nigerian emigrants to Austria
Category:Austrian people of Nigerian descent
Category:FC Blau-Weiß Linz players
Category:SC Rheindorf Altach players
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Erovnuli Liga players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country)
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)