Christian Madu

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Christian Obumeneme Madu
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Personal information
Full name Christian Madu
Date of birth (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Enugu State, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Enugu Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Enugu Rangers
2018–2019 Nacional 0 (0)
2019– Enugu Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Obumeneme Madu (born 9 July 1993 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professional footballer. He plays as attacking midfielder for Enugu Rangers. [1] [2] He was formerly a midfielder playing for Enugu Rangers. [3]

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Early life and career

Christian was born in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State on 9 July 1993. He grew up in Oji River temporarily where he lived with his parents before relocating to Abuja. While he was in Oji River he attended Federal Co-operative College and graduated with an OND in 2012. Christian began his football career during his childhood days, after finishing from college in 2012 he started playing football full-time. In 2014, he signed a four-year contract with Enugu Rangers and started playing professional football and won Enugu Ranger player of the month in the 2015-16 season. [4] In 2017, while still playing for the Enugu Rangers Christian was absent from matches and trainings for several weeks without official notification to the team and following his absence the management of Enugu Rangers issued a statement that Christian had gone "AWOL". During that period they were rumors he had signed another team. [5] [6] [7]

In August 2018, Christian's contract with Enugu Rangers expired and he signed a new contract with Portuguese team CD Nacional. [8] [9] [10] His new contract with CD Nacional is a four-year deal. [11] [12] Madu left the club by mutual consent on 10 January 2019. [13]

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  10. admin. "Enugu Rangers star Christian Madu joins Portuguese club CD Nacional | SCORE NIGERIA". Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  11. Editor (2018-08-20). "Portuguese Club CD Nacional Confirms Signing Of Enugu Rangers Ace Christian Madu". OwnGoal Nigeria. Retrieved 2019-02-04.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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  13. NACIONAL RESCINDE COM CHRISTIAN MADU, jm-madeira.pt, 10 January 2019