Julian Ebenezer N. A. Okai (born 26 February 1993) is an English

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who plays as a

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for

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Division One North club Great Wakering Rovers.

Career

He made his debut on 7 November 2009 for

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

in their 3–0 away defeat to Gillingham in the

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, replacing

Francis Laurent Francis Laurent (born 6 January 1986) is a French footballer who last played for FC Chambly. Career Laurent started his career in his native France signing for FC Sochaux where he made twelve appearances in his first season. He took the decision ...

in the 89th minute as a substitute. Okai made a total of 49 appearances and scored 10 goals for Southend's youth team, and 16 appearances in the club's reserve team. It was announced in March 2011, that Okai was not to be offered a new contract at Southend and was to be released at the end of the 2010–11 season. He then went on to sign for

Premier Division club

Concord Rangers Concord Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Canvey Island in Essex, England. The club currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Thames Road ...

and then Isthmian League Division One North club Great Wakering Rovers in November 2011. In 2012, he accepted a scholarship at

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to play for the

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References

External links

Southend United profile
* 1993 births Living people Black British sportsmen English men's footballers Southend United F.C. players Concord Rangers F.C. players Great Wakering Rovers F.C. players Isthmian League players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Southend-on-Sea {{England-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub