Francis Okoronkwo

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Francis Okoronkwo
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Okoronkwo in 2025
Personal information
Full name Francis Okereke Okoronkwo [1]
Date of birth (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 (age 20) [2]
Place of birth Blyth, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
(on loan from Everton)
Number 19
Youth career
Sunderland
2021–2024 Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Everton 0 (0)
2024–2025 → Salford City (loan) 22 (3)
2025– → Lincoln City (loan) 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:55, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Francis Okereke Okoronkwo (born 18 September 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Lincoln City, on loan from Premier League club Everton.

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Career

Okoronkwo began his career with Sunderland, [3] moving to Everton for £1 million in 2021. [4] He signed a new contract with Everton in November 2023, [5] [6] and signed on loan for Salford City in August 2024. [7] [8] He scored on his debut, in a 1–0 home victory against MK Dons on 2 September 2024. [9] [10]

On 18 August 2025, Okoronkwo joined League One side Lincoln City on loan for the 2025-26 season. [11] [12] He made his debut coming off the bench against Northampton Town replacing James Collins in the 82nd minute to help Lincoln City win 1–0. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 September 2025 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton U21 2022–23 [15] ————5 [a] 151
2023–24 [16] ————3 [a] 030
2024–25 [17] ————1 [a] 010
Total———9191
Salford City (loan) 2024–25 [17] League Two 223210000244
Lincoln City (loan) 2025–26 [18] League One 2000101 [a] 040
Career total2432110101375
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League - Squad List 2023/24" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Francis Okoronkwo". 11v11. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Francis Okoronkwo: The mystery player celebrating Sunderland Wembley win revealed". Sunderland Echo. 15 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "£1m-rated former Sunderland teenager joins Salford City in League Two". Sunderland Echo. 1 September 2024.
  5. ↑ O'Neill, Connor (14 November 2023). "Everton transfer news - Archie Gray linked, Amadou Onana injury latest". Liverpool Echo.
  6. ↑ McCarthy, Rob (8 November 2023). "Exclusive: Everton fight off several suitors to tie highly-rated striker down to new long-term contract". TEAMtalk.
  7. ↑ FC, Salford City (30 August 2024). "Loan agreed for young striker". Salford City FC.
  8. ↑ "Salford sign Kylian Kouassi, Francis Okoronkwo, Haji Mnoga and Hakeem Adelakun". BBC Sport. 30 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Francis Okoronkwo gets first pro goal in Salford City win". EFL. 2 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Salford 1-0 MK Dons: Frankie Okoronkwo earns Karl Robinson's side first league win of season". Sky Sports.
  11. ↑ "Imps add to attacking options with Okoronkwo". Lincoln City FC. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Francis Okoronkwo: Lincoln City sign Everton U21 striker on loan". BBC Sport. 18 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Northampton Town 0–1 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 19 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Francis Okoronkwo at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Games played by Francis Okoronkwo in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Francis Okoronkwo in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Francis Okoronkwo in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Francis Okoronkwo in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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