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. 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. Playing for the U19 team, he made six appearances in the Campionato Primavera.
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.
SV Horn In June 2016, Iyobosa Edokpolor signed a two-year contract with recently promoted 2. Liga club SV Horn. 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. 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. In October 2018, he scored his first goal in professional football in a 6–3 victory against Austria Wien II. 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.
Rheindorf Altach On 10 July 2020, Edokpolor signed with Austrian Football Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach. Following the expiration of his contract, he left Altach after the 2023–24 season. 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. On 15 January 2025, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Edokpolor had left the club after his contract had expired.
Kauno Žalgiris On 4 February 2025, Lithuanian A Lyga club Kauno Žalgiris announced about agreement with Edokpolor.Official site:FK „Kauno Žalgirio" gretas papildė gynėjas iš Austrijossportas.lt news: FK „Kauno Žalgirio" gretas papildė gynėjas iš Austrijos
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFC St. Veit2011–12Kärntner Liga3000—302012–13Kärntner Liga15000—1502013–14Kärntner Liga28110—291Total46110—471Wolfsberger AC II2015–16Regionalliga Central270——270SV Horn2016–172. Liga9000—902017–18Regionalliga East31110—321Total40110—411Blau-Weiß Linz2018–192. Liga29110—3012019–202. Liga23121—252Total52231—553Rheindorf Altach2020–21Austrian Bundesliga20020—2202021–22Austrian Bundesliga20000—2002022–23Austrian Bundesliga26020—2802023–24Austrian Bundesliga9030—120Total75070—820Rheindorf Altach II2021–22Vorarlbergliga30——30Dinamo Tbilisi2024Erovnuli Liga12020—140Kauno Žalgiris2025A Lyga3321060402Career total2886151603097
Honours FK Kauno Žalgiris A Lyga: 2025
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