Chisom Chikatara

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Chisom Chikatara
Personal information
Full name Chisom Elvis Chikatara
Date of birth (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Abia, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002–2007 Independent FC
2007–2012 New Generation FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 Abia Warriors 71 (58)
2016–2018 Wydad AC 11 (1)
2018–2019 El Gouna FC 11 (1)
2019 → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) 6 (0)
2019 → Akwa United (loan) 2 (0)
2019 Al-Faisaly
2020 Al-Shabab Club
2020–2021 Naft Maysan
2021 Duhok SC
2021 Gokulam Kerala 0 (0)
2022–2023 Abia Warriors 1 (0)
International career‡
2014 Nigeria U23 3 (3)
2015–2016 Nigeria 5 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2016

Chisom Elvis Chikatara (born 24 November 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is known for his speed on the ball, dribbles and goal scoring abilities. [2]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Chikatara joined the local football club Independent FC, a club for children of age 13 below. After five years with the club, he outgrew it and moved over to New Generation FC. While playing for this club he sign a short loan deal with Benie Aries FC in a Super Four Competition between Abia Warriors, Heartland and Diamond Football Academy. He was the highest goal scorer in the competition. He had various offers to move to Heartland FC then which was already in the Ghana Premier League but finally he moved to Abia Warriors at the age of seventeen. He signed the contract in November 2012.

Abia Warriors FC

Chikatara was part of the pillar that brought the team into the 1st division league especially with his goal scoring technique. the Super "S" as he is called by fans always scores which made him to be named the highest goal scorer as the club was promoted. [3] On 18 September 2015, his mother died and he was not told about it because the club had a home big clash against Warri Wolves, they won the match 2–1 before the Club Chairman High Chief Emeka Inyama Broke the news to him. [4]

Later career

After leaving Egypt, Chikatara returned to Nigeria and began training with Akwa United in October 2019. [5] No deal was signed with Akwa United and on 12 December 2019, Jordanian club Al-Faisaly announced that they had signed Chikatara on a 2-year contract. [6] However, Chikatara later confirmed in an interview, that there had been negotiations and that the parties reached an agreement, but the deal was not concluded and it was deported quickly. [7]

In the beginning of 2020, Chikatara then joined Bahraini club Al-Shabab Club. [7] Later in 2020, Chikatara joined Iraqi club Naft Maysan.[ citation needed ]

Gokulam Kerala

On 3 September 2021, Chikatara signed with I-League champions Gokulam Kerala for a season. [8]

International career

Chikatara was a part of the Nigeria national team that played at the 2016 African Nations Championship. In Nigeria's first group stage match versus Niger, he was substituted on in the 58th minute and bagged a hat-trick. The match ended in a 4–1 win. He was awarded "Man of the Match". [9] In the second group stage match against Tunisia he also came from the bench to put his name on the scoreboard before Tunisia's Ahmed Akaïchi equalised. [10] Chikatara made a third substitute appearances in the third group stage match, a 1–0 defeat to Guinea, while Nigeria failed to proceed to the next round of the competition. [11]

Style of play

A quick, and agile right-footed striker, Chisom is primarily known for his outstanding pace, mobility, and athleticism as a footballer, as well as his striking power, and his strength, despite his young age; [12] [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gokulam Kerala 2021–22 I-League 004 [lower-alpha 1] 30043
Career total00430043
  1. ↑ Appearances in Durand Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria 201644
Total44
Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chikatara goal.
List of international goals scored by Chisom Chikatara [14]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 January 2016 Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, RwandaFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 2–04–1 2016 African Nations Championship
23–1
34–1
422 January 2016Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, RwandaFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–01–12016 African Nations Championship

Honours

Lists
Highest goal Scorer of the Season (Pro League): 2012–13
Best New Player: 2013–14 [15] [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ http://soccerblitz.net/2015/03/26/abia-warriors-2-1-dolphins-chikatara-gives-warriors-three-points/ [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "NNL: An Umuahia School Boy Contending for NNL Top Shot".
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Chikatara trains with Akwa United ahead of possible move, goal.com, 7 October 2019
  6. ↑ "شيكاتارا ينضم إلى كتيبة محترفي الفيصلي". Kooora. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. 1 2 شيكاتارا في حوار لكووورة: الدوري المصري أقوى من المغربي, kooora.com, 15 July 2020
  8. ↑ Ajith Kumar, P. K. (4 September 2021). "Gokulam Kerala FC sign Nigerian international Chisom Chikatara". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "CAFOnline.com".
  10. ↑ "CHAN 2016 : Classement des buteurs". Archived from the original on 27 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Hat-trick hero, Chikatara aims to score more goals | Goal.com".
  12. ↑ "Chikatara excited to nail 3SC".
  13. ↑ "Nigerian Leagues | Goal Scorers Chart". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Chikatara, Chisom". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  15. ↑ https://mobi.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/150311/Chikatara_relishes_FC_Wil_experience [ permanent dead link ]
  16. ↑ http://laurasboxx.com/2014/12/football-photos-and-list-of-winners-from-the-lba-league-bloggers-award/
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