Chinedu Sunday Chukwu

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Chinedu Sunday Chukwu
Personal information
Full name Chinedu Sunday Chukwu
Date of birth (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Nkanu East, Enugu State, Nigeria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back / defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kano Pillars F.C.
Number 26
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Abia Comets 32 (10)
2017–2018 Kwara United 23 (5)
2019-present Kano Pillars F.C. 28 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chinedu Sunday Chukwu (born 28 February 1997 in Nkanu East, Enugu State) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Kano Pillars F.C. in the Nigerian Professional Football League. [1] [2] [3] He alternatively plays as defensive midfielder.

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Club career

Early career

Sunday Chukwu began his youth career with Abia Comets, where he played from 2013 to 2015.

Kwara United (2017–2018)

After an impressive two years at Abia Comets, In the 2017-2018 Nigerian Professional Football League season, he transferred to Kwara United of Ilorin, penning two-year contract with them where he played regularly during his debut season and made 23 match appearances with 5 goals. [4] [5]

Kano Pillars (2019–present)

On 1 January 2019 after rejecting many offers from clubs in the Nigerian Professional Football League, he signed with four times Nigerian Professional Football League champions Kano Pillars F.C. on a two-year contract. [6] [7]

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kano Pillars F.C. 2020 NPFL 28600–00286
Career total286000000286
Notes

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    References

    1. ↑ "C. CHUKWU". soccerway.com. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
    2. ↑ "CHINEDU SUNDAY CHUKWU". tribuna.com. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
    3. ↑ "Kano Pillars Squad". scores24.live. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
    4. ↑ "KWARA UNITED WILL CHALLENGE FOR NPFL TITLE, INSISTS CHUKWU". africanfootball.com. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
    5. ↑ "Kwara Utd unveils new signings for 2017/2018 NPFL season". thenationonlineng.net. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
    6. ↑ "Chinedu Sunday". worldfootball.net. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
    7. ↑ "Anozie, Ali, Ojo... TheCable's NPFL team of the week". thecable.ng. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.


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