John Chibuike
Personal information | |||
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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 before the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as a defender by Rangers, after he arrived 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, especially good vision and technique. He made 27 out of 30 games during the season scoring 3 goals and making three assists.
At the start of the 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 top-level.[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 the 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 | ||||
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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
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Rangers International F.C. players
- BK Häcken players
- Rosenborg BK players
- Gaziantepspor footballers
- AIK Fotboll players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Samsunspor footballers
- FC Irtysh Pavlodar players
- Falkenbergs FF players
- Eliteserien players
- Allsvenskan players
- Süper Lig players
- Israeli Premier League players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Footballers from Enugu
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football forward stubs