John Chibuike
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 At Sandnes stadion, 25 August 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Enugu, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Secondary striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Enugu Rangers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Enugu Rangers | 14 | (5) |
| 2009–2011 | BK Häcken | 70 | (16) |
| 2011–2014 | Rosenborg | 66 | (19) |
| 2014–2016 | Gaziantepspor | 59 | (11) |
| 2016–2017 | AIK | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 11 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Samsunspor | 21 | (2) |
| 2018 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 12 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Falkenbergs FF | 43 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2020 | |||
John Chibuike (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who played as a secondary striker.
Career[edit]
Starting his career in Enugu Rangers and made the senior team in the 2008-2009 season, in 2009 prior to the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as a defender by Rangers, after his arrival in Häcken he has been used more as a midfielder.
John Chibuike had a quite soft start in BK Häcken, but soon spectators around the venues saw that he had something extra. During his first season – 2010 he played as a midfielder and showed both good defensive and offensive skills and specially a good vision and technique. He made 27 out of 30 games during the season scoring 3 goals and making three assists.
In the start of Allsvenskan, season 2011 it became apparent that Chibuike had improved even more. Allsvenskan topscorer – and club fellow Mathias Ranégie said he was the team’s most import important player and that he very soon could see Chibuike playing on a European toplevel.[1]
On 29 August 2011, Chibuike signed a four-year contract with Norwegian side Rosenborg where he played behind a main striker.
In the summer of 2014, Chibuike moved from Rosenborg to Turkish side Gaziantepspor, signing a four-year contract.
In August 2016, Chibuike signed for AIK.[2]
Career statistics[edit]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sweden | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 2009 | BK Häcken | Allsvenskan | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 25 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2011 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 8 | ||
| Norway | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 2011 | Rosenborg | Tippeligaen | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2013 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | ||
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Turkey | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 2014–15 | Gaziantepspor | Süper Lig | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | |
| 2015–16 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| Sweden | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 2016 | AIK | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 202 | 46 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 241 | 62 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Startsida". Fotbollskanalen.se. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "John Chibuike till AIK Fotboll". aikfotboll.se. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "J. CHIBUIKE". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "John Chibuike". elitefootball.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links[edit]
- BK Häcken profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 August 2010)
- John Chibuike at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- John Chibuike at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- John Chibuike at Soccerway
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