{{short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1997)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Anthony Lokosa | image = | full_name = Anthony Abidemi Lokosa | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|5|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria | height = 1.85 m | position = Winger | currentclub = Tarxien Rainbows | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = 2009–2013 | youthclubs1 = Everlastingstars | youthyears2 = 2013–2015 | youthclubs2 = Crown | years1 = 2015–2017 | clubs1 = 36 Lion | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = → Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan) | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2017–2023 | clubs3 = Pharco FC | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = → Haras El Hodoud (loan) | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2021–2023 | clubs5 = → Almería B (loan) | caps5 = 50 | goals5 = 9 | years6 = 2023–2025 | clubs6 = Železničar Pančevo | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024 | clubs7 = → Smederevo (loan) | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2025 | clubs8 = → Smederevo (loan) | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2025 | clubs9 = Smederevo | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 3 | years10= 2026– | clubs10= Tarxien Rainbows | caps10= 16 | goals10= 2 | club-update = 4 May 2026 }}
'''Anthony Abidemi Lokosa''' (born 5 May 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a winger for Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows.
==Club career== Born in Lagos, Lokosa played for local sides Everlastingstars FC, Crown and 36 Lion FC before moving abroad in 2016, joining Israeli Premier League side Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam on a one-year loan deal. He made his professional debut on 19 August of that year, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Maccabi Sha'arayim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/19/israel/liga-leumit/maccabi-shaarayim-fc/beitar-shimshon-tel-aviv/2314016/|title=MACCABI SHA'ARAYIM VS. BEITAR TEL AVIV BAT YAM 1 - 1|publisher=Global Sports Media|work=Soccerway|accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref>
Lokosa scored his first professional goal on 30 September 2016, netting the opener in a 2–1 home win over Maccabi Herzliya.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/09/30/israel/liga-leumit/beitar-shimshon-tel-aviv/maccabi-herzliya-fc/2314053/|title=BEITAR TEL AVIV BAT YAM VS. MACCABI HERZLIYA 2 - 1|publisher=Global Sports Media|work=Soccerway|accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref> After five goals in 24 appearances, he was bought by Pharco FC of the Egyptian Second Division in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://punchng.com/sokari-to-join-lokosa-at-egyptian-side-pharco/|title=Sokari to join Lokosa at Egyptian side Pharco|date=11 August 2021|accessdate=5 January 2022|newspaper=The Punch}}</ref>
In August 2019, Lokosa was loaned to Egyptian Premier League side Haras El Hodoud for the entire 2019–20 season. Upon returning to Pharco, he helped the side on their first-ever promotion to the top tier.
On 23 September 2021, Lokosa moved to Europe and joined UD Almería on loan, being assigned to the B-team in Tercera División RFEF.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udalmeriasad.com/en/notice/powerful-lokosa-to-boost-almeria-b-forward-line|title=Powerful Lokosa to boost Almeria ‘B’ forward line|publisher=UD Almería|date=23 September 2021|accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Lokosa's older brother Junior is also a footballer. A forward, he represented Nigeria internationally once.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IFA league player|id=176233}} *{{Soccerway|anthony-abidemi-lokosa/455000}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lokosa, Anthony}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Lagos Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Beitar Tel Aviv Holon F.C. players Category:Egyptian Premier League players Category:Egyptian Second Division players Category:Maltese Premier League players Category:Pharco FC players Category:Haras El Hodoud SC players Category:Tercera Federación players Category:UD Almería B players Category:FK Železničar Pančevo players Category:FK Smederevo 1924 players Category:Tarxien Rainbows F.C. players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen