Personal information | |||
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Full name | Somtochukwu Alan Udochukwu Boniface [1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 2006 | ||
Place of birth | London, England [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2025 | Chelsea | ||
2025– | Ipswich Town | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | England U16 | 3 | (1) |
2022–2023 | England U17 | 13 | (0) |
2023– | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:55, 28 May 2024 (UTC) |
Somtochukwu Alan Udochukwu Boniface (born 11 March 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Ipswich Town.
Born in London, Boniface joined Chelsea at the age of nine. He had played as a left-back, or left wing-back. [3] [4] Boniface signed his first professional contract with Chelsea in March 2023. [5] He was named the club's Academy Scholar of the Year for the 2022–23 season. [6]
Boniface has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-18 level. [7] He was a member of the squad that finished fifth at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [8]
Boniface is also eligible to represent Nigeria through his family. [9]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea U21 | 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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