Joy Ebinemiere Bokiri (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian women's football midfielder who plays in the Turkish Super League for Ünye Kadın and the Nigeria women's national team.[1]

Joy Bokiri
Bokiri of Konak Belediyespor (November 2019)
Personal information
Full name Joy Ebinemiere Bokiri
Date of birth (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Elemebiri, Nigeria
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ünye Kadın
Number 34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bayelsa Queens
2018 Sporting de Huelva 13 (1)
2018–2019 Elpides Karditsas
2019–2020 Konak Belediyespor 14 (11)
2021 Bayelsa Queens
2021 AIK 4 (0)
2022 Bayelsa Queens
2022–2023 Saint-Étienne 5 (1)
2023 Ataşehir Bld. 4 (0)
2024– Ünye Kadın 18 (3)
International career
2019– Nigeria 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 May 2019

Club career

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Bokiri was a member of Bayelsa Queens in the Nigeria Women Premier League.[2][3] She previously played for Sporting de Huelva in Spain,[4] and Elpides Karditsas in Greece.[5][6]

In mid-October 2019, she moved to Turkey to play in the top-flight Turkish First League for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir.[1] In the 2023-24 Turkish Super League season, she played for Ataşehir. The next season, she transferred to the newly-promoted club Ünye Kadın in the Turkish Super League.[1]

International career

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At national level, Bokiri represented Nigeria at underage competitions, before making her debut for the senior team.[7][8] At the 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup, Bokiri scored a goal in Nigeria's victory over Niger.[9][10]

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