Chinedu Ede

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Chinedu Ede
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Ede training with Hertha BSC in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-05) 5 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Berlin-Wilmersdorf, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1993–1998 Berliner AK
1998 Reinickendorfer Füchse
1998–2005 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Hertha BSC II 55 (13)
2006–2008 Hertha BSC 19 (1)
2008–2009 MSV Duisburg 24 (1)
2010–2012 Union Berlin 80 (11)
2012–2015 Mainz 05 9 (1)
20141. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 5 (0)
2014–2015Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) 22 (3)
2015–2017 Twente 48 (6)
2017 Bangkok United 7 (1)
2018–2019 VSG Altglienicke 33 (7)
Total302(43)
International career
2003–2004 Germany U17 10 (0)
2004–2005 Germany U18 4 (2)
2005–2006 Germany U19 10 (5)
2006–2007 Germany U20 3 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U21 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chinedu Ede (born 5 February 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Career

Ede began his career with Berlin AK 07 and joined later the Reinickendorfer Füchse. [1] In 1998 was scouted by Hertha BSC. [2] He initially played for the youth team, scoring 21 goals in 39 games for the U19, before being promoted to the senior squad on 6 April 2006. [2] He played then two years for the senior side of Hertha BSC. On 21 May 2008, Ede signed a four-year contract until 30 June 2011 with MSV Duisburg. After playing ten matches and scoring two goals in two-and-a-half years, he left Duisburg and returned to Berlin to sign for Union Berlin. [3]

On 23 July 2012, he signed a four-year contract with 1. FSV Mainz 05 until 30 June 2016. [4] On 16 August 2014, he signed a one-year loan contract with Anorthosis Famagusta. [5] Mainz also granted Anorthosis a subsequent purchase option. [6]

On 27 August 2015, Edu moved to Eredivisie club Twente, where he signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2017. [7] [8] After his contract with Twente expired and an extension option was not triggered by the club, he joined Bangkok United in Thailand in June 2017. [9]

In late 2017, Edu returned to Germany and signed a contract with the Regionalliga Nordost club VSG Altglienicke. [10] There, he eventually retired from football in the summer of 2019. [11]

Personal life

Chinedu has a Nigerian father which made him eligible to play for Nigeria. [12]

Honours

Germany U21

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References

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  2. 1 2 Behnisch, Ilja (17 February 2022). "Er war der Einzige, der mir etwas sagen durfte": Die besondere Freundschaft von Boateng und Ede | DAZN News Deutschland". DAZN (in German). Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.
  3. "Ede, Chinedu" (in German). kicker.de. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  4. "Chinedu Ede wird ein Nullfünfer" (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Chinedu Ede's Transfer". Anorthosis Famagusta. 16 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. "Ede geht nach Zypern" [Ede moves to Cyprus] (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  7. "Ede geht zu Twente Enschede". 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
  8. "Chinedu Ede naar FC Twente". FC Twente (in Dutch). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015.
  9. "Chinedu Ede jetzt bei Bangkok United, Thailand". Der Farang (in German). 12 July 2017.
  10. "Altglienicke holt Ex-Bundesligaprofi Ede". kicker (in German). 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018.
  11. France, Sam (1 May 2020). "I hated football – Ozil & Neuer's former international team-mate admits playing Bundesliga games on drugs | Goal.com". GOAL. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
  12. Alaka, Babajide (25 July 2012). "Germany-born Nigerian Chinedu Ede signs four-year contract with Mainz 05 | Goal.com". GOAL. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.