Eric Bocat

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Eric Bocat
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Bocat in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Eric-Junior Doriane Magate Kom Baga Bocat[1][2]
Date of birth (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Paris, France[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position Left-back[3]
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 40 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:58, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

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

Career

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Early career

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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.[4] 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.[5]

Mouscron

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Bocat left Lille on 1 August 2020 and signed for Belgian top flight club Mouscron.[6] He only made nine appearances in 2020–21 as Mouscron suffered relegation to the First Division B amid severe financial problems.[2] He was a regular in 2021–22, playing 27 times as Mouscron's situation worsened and they were declared bankrupt at the end of the season.[7]

Sint-Truiden

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After two seasons at Mouscron, Bocat signed for Belgian Pro League side Sint-Truiden in July 2022.[8] In his first season at Stayen, Bocat made 25 appearances as Sint-Truiden finished in a mid-table position of 12th. In 2023–24, Bocat only missed three games as the team had a decent campaign, finishing ninth and competed in the European play-offs.[9]

Stoke City

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On 26 June 2024, Bocat joined English Championship side Stoke City for an undisclosed fee,[10][11] reported to be around €1.5 million, plus €500,000 in add-ons,[12] signing a four-year deal.[10][11] Following the announcement of the transfer it was 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.[13] Bocat had a stop-start first season in English football, making 34 appearances in 2024–25, as Stoke avoided relegation on the final day.[14][15][16]

Personal life

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Born in France, Bocat is of Central African and Senegalese descent.[17]

Career statistics

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As of match played 13 December 2025
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[2] Championnat National 3 11 0 — — — 11 0
Brest B 2018–19[2] Championnat National 3 24 0 — — — 24 0
Lille B 2019–20[2] Championnat National 2 20 0 — — — 20 0
Lille 2019–20[2] Ligue 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mouscron 2020–21[2] Belgian First Division A 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
2021–22[2] Belgian First Division B 25 1 2 0 — — 27 1
Total 33 1 3 0 — — 36 1
Sint-Truiden 2022–23[2] Belgian Pro League 22 0 3 0 — — 25 0
2023–24[2] Belgian Pro League 37 2 1 0 — — 38 2
Total 59 2 4 0 — — 63 2
Stoke City 2024–25[2] Championship 30 0 0 0 4 0 — 34 0
2025–26[2] Championship 10 0 0 0 2 0 — 12 0
Total 40 0 0 0 6 0 — 46 0
Career total 187 3 8 0 6 0 0 0 201 3
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Coupe de France and FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue and EFL Cup

References

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