Jeremy Bokila

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Jeremy Bokila
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Bokila with Terek Grozny in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Loteteka Bokila
Date of birth (1988-11-14) 14 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Willem II
Number 18
Youth career
1995–2005 ZSV Zelos
2005–2007 AGOVV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 AGOVV 97 (31)
2010–2013 Zulte Waregem 25 (2)
2011–2012 → Sparta (loan) 30 (15)
2012–2013 → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 31 (16)
2013–2015 Terek Grozny 36 (4)
2015–2017 Guangzhou R&F 13 (4)
2016 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 13 (1)
2016–2017 → Al-Kharitiyath (loan) 12 (3)
2017–2019 Akhisarspor 20 (4)
2017 → CFR Cluj (loan) 5 (1)
2017 → Dinamo București (loan) 12 (1)
2019 Hatayspor 6 (2)
2020 Ankara Keçiörengücü 12 (1)
2020 Thes Sport 0 (0)
2021 Oakland Roots 24 (5)
2022– Willem II 76 (19)
International career
2012–2017 DR Congo 20 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:26, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Jeremy Loteteka Bokila (born 14 November 1988) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Willem II. He formerly played for the DR Congo national team.

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Club career

Bokila was born in Kinshasa, DR Congo. In the summer of 2012, Bokila was loaned to Liga I team, Petrolul Ploiești, with an option to make the move permanent. [2] In the first half of the season he netted six goals in the league and three in the cup for the Yellow Wolves. In March 2013, it was announced that after continuous outstanding performances, Petrolul Ploiești would make his move permanent in the summer. [3]

In the 2012–13 Liga I season he played in 31 games and scored 16 goals, helping his team finish third in Liga I. In the same season he won the Romanian Cup with Petrolul Ploiești scoring the only goal in the final against CFR Cluj. He played a total of five games and scored six goals in the Romanian Cup in the 2012–13 season.

On 28 August 2013, Bokila joined Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny for a €2.5 million transfer fee from Petrolul who had acquired his services on loan from Zulte. [4]

In July 2015, Bokila signed for Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F. [5] For the second half of the 2015–16 season, this club loaned him to the Turkish Süper Lig club Eskişehirspor. After relegation in 2016, he returned, but was immediately loaned to Al-Kharitiyath in Qatar for one season.

In January 2017, Bokila moved to the Turkish Süper Lig club Akhisarspor. He became a part of the team that achieved the most successes in the club's history by winning the 2018 Turkish Super Cup and participating in the 2018–19 Turkish Cup final. [6] [7] After relegation in summer 2019, Bokila was signed by second-tier TFF First League club Hatayspor. [8] In January 2020, he moved to Ankara Keçiörengücü. [9] In October 2020, he signed with Thes Sport in the Belgian National Division 1. [10] [11] He was not yet eligible to play the game on 17 October against Mandel United and then the competition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]

On 21 January 2021, it was announced that Bokila had signed a contract with USL Championship club Oakland Roots. [13] [14]

Bokila joined Willem II on 6 July 2022, signing a one-year contract with the recently relegated Eerste Divisie club. [15] He grew into a super-sub at the club, often scoring late goals. [16] After Peter Maes took over as the team's head coach in September 2023, Bokila scored eight goals in four games in a row, playing a role as Willem II won the Eerste Divisie title at the end of the season, and reached promotion to the Eredivisie. [17] [18]

International career

Bokila has Congolese and Dutch citizenship but chose to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo at senior level. Bokila made his national team debut against Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012. [19]

At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Bokila scored an equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Tunisia to ensure that DR Congo qualified for the knockout stage. [20] In the quarter-finals, he also levelled the scores in a 4–2 win against Congo in which DR Congo came back from 2–0 down.

Personal life

Bokila was born in a footballing family. His father Ndingi Bokila Mandjombolo was known in the eighties as "the pearl of Harelbeke", being a valuable player and top scorer three times in a row at Belgian club K.R.C. Harelbeke, between 1980 and 1982. [21]

His sister Esther and brothers Noé and Wim are also footballers, while Jeremy's older brother Paldy played for TOP Oss among other teams before giving up professional football and emigrating to Italy. [21] His sister Aurelia is not a footballer. Neither is his mother Marie Veronique.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AGOVV 2007–08 Eerste Divisie 33720——357
2008–09 Eerste Divisie331421——3515
2009–10 Eerste Divisie25710—1 [a] 0277
Total912851—109729
Zulte Waregem 2010–11 Pro League 21200—00212
2011–12 Pro League2000——20
Total23200—00232
Sparta (loan) 2011–12 Eerste Divisie281534—2 [a] 03319
Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 2012–13 Liga I 311666——3722
Terek Grozny 2013–14 Russian Premier League 19335——228
2014–15 Russian Premier League17110——181
Total36445——409
Guangzhou R&F 2015 Chinese Super League 1341000—144
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2015–16 Süper Lig 13100——131
Al Kharaitiyat (loan) 2016–17 Qatar Stars League 12300——123
Akhisarspor 2016–17 Süper Lig4010——50
2017–18 Süper Lig0000——00
2018–19 Süper Lig1647300—294
Total2048300—287
CFR Cluj (loan) 2017–18 Liga I5000——50
Dinamo București (loan) 2017–18 Liga I12110——131
Hatayspor 2019–20 TFF First League 6210——72
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2019–20 TFF First League12100——121
Thes Sport 2020–21 National Division 1 0000——00
Oakland Roots 2021 USL Championship 24500—2 [b] 1266
Willem II 2022–23 Eerste Divisie34810—2 [a] 0378
2023–24 Eerste Divisie321120——3411
2024–25 Eredivisie 10010——110
Total761940—208219
Career total40210533190071442125

International

As of match played 25 May 2016. DR Congo score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bokila goal. [23]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 2014 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo2Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2–02–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
215 October 2014 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3–14–3 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
34–3
426 January 2015 Estadio de Ebibeyin, Ebibeyin, Equatorial Guinea9Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–11–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
531 January 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea10Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 2–24–2 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
625 May 2016 Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como, Italy16Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1–11–1 Friendly

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

Petrolul Ploiești

CFR Cluj

Akhisarspor

Willem II

DR Congo

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