Geoffrey Chinedu

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Geoffrey Chinedu
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Charles Chinedu [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 FC Astana
Youth career
2016 Skënderbeu Korçë
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Doğan Türk Birliği 13 (5)
2016–2017 Skënderbeu Korçë 0 (0)
2017 → Besa (loan) 7 (1)
2017–2019 Rabotnički 58 (12)
2019 Turris Turnu Măgurele 0 (0)
2019–2021 Olimpik Donetsk 11 (0)
2020 → Narva Trans (loan) 29 (7)
2021 → Lahti (loan) 27 (7)
2022 Lahti 25 (4)
2022–2024 Radnički Kragujevac 28 (8)
2024 Liaoning Shenyang Urban 12 (1)
2024- FC Astana 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024

Geoffrey Charles Chinedu (born 1 October 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Astana.

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Career

In 2015, Chinedu signed for Northern Cypriot side Doğan Türk Birliği, before joining the youth academy of KF Skënderbeu in the Albanian top flight. In October 2016, he also went on a trial at Czech club FK Teplice. [2]

Before the second half of 2016/17, he was sent on loan to Albanian second division club Besa, where he made 7 league appearances and scored 1 goal. [3]

In 2017, Chinedu signed for Rabotnički in North Macedonia.

In 2019, he signed for Romanian second division team Turris Turnu Măgurele. [4] After that, he signed for Olimpik (Donetsk) in Ukraine. [5]

Before the 2020 season, Chinedu was sent on loan to Estonian outfit Narva Trans [6] before leaving that December. [7]

In 2021, Chinedu was sent on loan to FC Lahti with an option to buy. [8]

Chinedu signed a contract with Serbian Superliga club Radnički Kragujevac on 31 December 2022. [9]

On 30 January 2024, Chinedu joined China League One club Liaoning Shenyang Urban. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Geoffrey Chinedu at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ FUTURE LEAGUE: TEPLICE - LIBEREC 4:0 (2:0), fkteplice.cz, 19 October 2016
  3. ↑ Geoffrey Chinedu at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Un atacant nigerian cu prezențe în Europa League, ultima noutate în lotul nou-promovatei Turris". liga2.prosport.ro. 9 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Олимпик усилил атаку нигерийским форвардом". football.ua.
  6. ↑ "Джеффри: "Бетим Халими сказал, что мне понравится в Нарве"". fctrans.ee. 5 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Geoffrey ja Narva Transi koostöö sai läbi". soccernet.ee. 7 December 2020.
  8. ↑ https://fclahti.fi/uutiset/fc-lahti-lainaa-chinedu-geoffreyn-ukrainasta/ fclahti.fi, 13 April 2021
  9. ↑ "Napadač iz Nigerije prvo zimsko pojačanje Radničkog". zurnal.rs. 31 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "官宣‖如虎添翼 强援来袭" (in Chinese). Weibo. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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