| Junior Lokosa | |
| Fullname: | Junior Sewanu Lokosa |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Badagry, Nigeria |
| Position: | Centre-forward |
| Currentclub: | Sporting Lagos F.C |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Years1: | 2013–2018 |
| Clubs1: | First Bank |
| Caps1: | 128 |
| Goals1: | 92 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Kano Pillars |
| Caps2: | 35 |
| Goals2: | 26 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | ES Tunis |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | Simba Sports Club |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Kwara United F.C. |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Al-Rayyan |
| Clubs7: | Sporting Lagos F.C |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam1: | Nigeria |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 15:04, 15 January 2019 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 15:04, 15 January 2019 (UTC) |
Junior Sewanu Lokosa (born 23 August 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Sporting Lagos F.C
Lokosa played for First Bank before moving to Kano Pillars in May 2017.[1] He scored five goals in 14 league games up to the end of the 2017 season.[2]
By the midway point of the 2018 season, Lokosa had scored 14 goal in 15 matches.[3] In May 2018, he went on trial with Bulgarian club Ludogorets, and he also had a trial at Norwegian club Brann.[4] [5] At the end of the season, he received the Eunisell Boot Award after his 19 goals placed him top of the NPFL scoring charts, earning him N3.8million (N200,000 for each goal).[6]
After trials in China,[7] he joined Espérance Sportive de Tunis on 14 January 2019, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. On July 30, 2020, the Tunisian champions Espérance Sportive de Tunis announced Lokosa's departure on their Official Twitter and cut his contract.[8]
On 5 August 2022, Lokosa joined Saudi Second Division side Al-Rayyan.[9]
Lokosa made his international debut for Nigeria on 28 May 2018 in a friendly against DR Congo. After his impressive form with Kano Pillars, Lokosa was named in the 30-man provisional squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10] However, he did not make the final 23.[11]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Kano Pillars | Nigerian League | 2017 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 5 | |||
| Nigerian League | 2018 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 19 | ||||
| Career statistics | 35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 23 | |||
| Nigeria | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |