John Chibuike

John Chibuike (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a secondary striker for Falkenbergs FF.

John Chibuike
At Sandnes stadion, 25 August 2013
Personal information
Full name John Chibuike
Date of birth (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Secondary striker
Club information
Current team
 Falkenbergs FF
Number 20
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2020

Career

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
As of 24 November 2016[3][4]
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
  1. "Startsida". Fotbollskanalen.se. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. "John Chibuike till AIK Fotboll". aikfotboll.se. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. "J. CHIBUIKE". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. "John Chibuike". elitefootball.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


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