Chiamaka Madu

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Chiamaka Madu
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Chiamaka Madu, 2010
Personal information
Full name Chiamaka Emmanuel Madu
Date of birth (1996-07-27) July 27, 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Enugu Rangers
Number 32
Youth career
2008 Karamone
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 – 2012 Ocean Boys 33 (15)
2012 – 2015 Rivers United F.C. 57 (19)
2015 – Enugu Rangers 23 (9)
International career‡
2014 Nigeria U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2016

Chiamaka Madu (born 27 July 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Enugu Rangers, as an offensive midfielder and supporting striker in the Nigeria Premier League. He formerly played for Rivers United F.C. and its predecessor, Sharks [1] [2] for three league seasons. He is such a creative strong player who create goals and also score goals [3]

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Career

Chiamaka Madu was discovered by Karamone F.C., started his professional football career debut with Ocean Boys F.C. where he spent two seasons as a teenager, and then joined Sharks F.C. [4] in 2012 where he played for three seasons. He later signed for Enugu Rangers in 2015, scoring a goal in his debut game against Kano Pillars F.C. [5] He was invited to the Nigeria U-20 in 2014.

He won the Nigeria Premier League season 2016 with Enugu Rangers.

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References

  1. ↑ Nnaji, Sam (4 May 2015). "Nigeria: Sharks, FC Taraba Share Points in Four-Goal Thriller" . Retrieved 4 November 2016– via AllAfrica.
  2. ↑ www.realnet.co.uk. "Christian Pyagbara returns to the Sharks team". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Okpotu, Obomate Lead Goals Race - SportsDay". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "SHARKS FC – 2014 SEASON REVIEW". 1 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Amapakabo now a cult hero" . Retrieved 4 November 2016.


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