Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chijioke Kingsley Aniagboso | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 2004 | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2023 | Giant Brillars | ||
2023–2024 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 0 | (0) |
2024 | → Zviahel (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2024– | Chornomorets Odesa | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Nigeria U20 | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022 |
Chijioke Kingsley Aniagboso (born 15 April 2004) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ukrainian Premier League side Chornomorets Odesa. [1]
Aniangboso played for Giant Brillars FC in his homeland. [2] In May 2023, he joined FC Polissya Zhytomyr of the Ukrainian Premier League on a five-year deal. [3] [4]
On 6 September 2024 Aniagboso joined Ukrainian Premier League side Chornomorets Odesa, [5] making his debut against LNZ Cherkasy on 28 September 2024. [6] Making his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League at the age of 20 years 166 days, Aniagboso became the youngest foreign goalkeeper in the Ukrainian national championship. [7]
Aniagboso played five matches as Nigeria finished third at the 2023 AFCON U-20 championships. He captained Nigeria during the tournament when skipper Daniel Bameyi was suspended. [8] Following the tournament, he and Bameyi were called up to the senior Nigeria squad for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches against Guinea-Bissau on March 24 and March 27, 2023 but remained an unused substitute. [9] In May 2023, he was named in the Nigeria squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [10]