Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kimberly Chiwetalu Akwaeze Ezekwem | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 June 2001||
Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | SC Freiburg | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Bayern Munich | ||
2018– | SC Freiburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | SC Freiburg II | 67 | (0) |
2022– | SC Freiburg | 1 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → SC Paderborn (loan) | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 |
Kimberly Ezekwem (born 19 June 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.
He is of Nigerian descent. [2]
Ezekwem made his Bundesliga debut for SC Freiburg on 6 May 2023, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 defeat to RB Leipzig. [3]
On 16 June 2023, Ezekwem signed for 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn on a season-long loan deal. [4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SC Freiburg II | 2020–21 | Regionalliga | 37 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Career total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
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