John Chibuike

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John Chibuike
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At Sandnes stadion, 25 August 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Secondary striker
Youth career
Enugu Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Enugu Rangers 14 (5)
2009–2011 BK Häcken 70 (16)
2011–2014 Rosenborg 66 (19)
2014–2016 Gaziantepspor 59 (11)
2016–2017 AIK 7 (0)
2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv 11 (3)
2017–2018 Samsunspor 21 (2)
2018 Irtysh Pavlodar 12 (0)
2019–2020 Falkenbergs FF 43 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2020

John Chibuike (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who played as a secondary striker.

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Career

Starting his career in Enugu Rangers and made the senior team in the 2008-2009 season, in 2009 prior to the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as a defender by Rangers, after his arrival in Häcken he has been used more as a midfielder.

John Chibuike had a quite soft start in BK Häcken, but soon spectators around the venues saw that he had something extra. During his first season – 2010 he played as a midfielder and showed both good defensive and offensive skills and specially a good vision and technique. He made 27 out of 30 games during the season scoring 3 goals and making three assists.

In the start of Allsvenskan, season 2011 it became apparent that Chibuike had improved even more. Allsvenskan topscorer – and club fellow Mathias Ranégie said he was the team’s most import important player and that he very soon could see Chibuike playing on a European toplevel. [1]

On 29 August 2011, Chibuike signed a four-year contract with Norwegian side Rosenborg where he played behind a main striker.

In the summer of 2014, Chibuike moved from Rosenborg to Turkish side Gaziantepspor, signing a four-year contract.

In August 2016, Chibuike signed for AIK. [2]

Career statistics

As of 24 November 2016 [3] [4]
SeasonClubDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SwedenDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
2009 BK Häcken Allsvenskan 22631257
2010 27311284
2011 2171051278
NorwayDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
2011 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 1160000116
2012 2342281337
2013 24953433315
2014 802400104
TurkeyDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
2014–15 Gaziantepspor Süper Lig 27650336
2015–16 32530355
SwedenDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
2016 AIK Allsvenskan 700070
Career Total20246221117524162

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