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Eric Bocat
Personal information
Full name Eric Junior Bocat
Date of birth (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2014 Val d'Europe
2015–2017 US Torcy
2017–2018 Dijon
2018–2019 Brest
2019–2020 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Dijon B 11 (0)
2018–2019 Brest B 24 (0)
2019–2020 Lille B 20 (0)
2020 Lille 0 (0)
2020–2022 Mouscron 33 (1)
2022–2024 Sint-Truiden 59 (2)
2024– Stoke City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:19, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Eric Junior Bocat (born 16 July 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Stoke City.

Career[edit]

Bocat was born in Paris and began playing football with youth teams Val d'Europe and US Torcy in Seine-et-Marne before joining the Dijon academy. He made eleven appearances for Dijon's B team in 2017–18 and 24 appearances for Brest's B team in 2018–19 before he joined Lille in August 2019.[2] Bocat played for Lille's B team 20 times in the Championnat National 2 during the 2019–20 campaign and made his senior debut in a Coupe de France round of 16 tie against SAS Épinal which ended in a shock 2–1 defeat.[3]

On 26 June 2024, Bocat signed for English Championship side Stoke City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.[4] Following the announcement of the transfer, the Potters' manager Steven Schumacher revealed that they had looked into signing the defender the previous transfer window, instead using the budget to prioritise the signing of a forward player, Million Manhoef.[5]

Career statistics[edit]

As of end of 2023–24 season[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dijon B 2017–18 Championnat National 3 11 0 — — — 11 0
Brest B 2018–19 Championnat National 3 24 0 — — — 24 0
Lille B 2019–20 Championnat National 2 20 0 — — — 20 0
Lille 2019–20 Ligue 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mouscron 2020–21 Belgian First Division A 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
2021–22 Belgian First Division B 25 1 2 0 — — 27 1
Total 33 1 3 0 — — 36 1
Sint-Truiden 2022–23 Belgian First Division A 22 0 3 0 — — 25 0
2023–24 Belgian First Division A 37 2 1 0 — — 38 2
Total 59 2 4 0 — — 63 2
Stoke City 2024–25 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 147 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 155 3
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Coupe de France and FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue and EFL Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eric Bocat at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Football : Eric Bocat (ex Val d'Europe) signe au LOSC" [Football: Eric Bocat (ex Val d’Europe) signs for LOSC]. Actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Fourth-tier Epinal topple Lille". Dawn. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Potters bag Bocat". www.stokecityfc.com. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  5. ^ Smith, Peter (26 June 2024). "Boss explains Eric Bocat transfer as Stoke City move to resolve left-back situation". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ Eric Bocat at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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