John Chibuike
At Sandnes stadion, 25 August 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Secondary striker
Youth career
Enugu Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

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]
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sweden Division League Cup Europe Total
2009 BK Häcken Allsvenskan 22 6 3 1 — 25 7
2010 27 3 1 1 — 28 4
2011 21 7 1 0 5 1 27 8
Norway Division League Cup Europe Total
2011 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 11 6 0 0 0 0 11 6
2012 23 4 2 2 8 1 33 7
2013 24 9 5 3 4 3 33 15
2014 8 0 2 4 0 0 10 4
Turkey Division League Cup Europe Total
2014–15 Gaziantepspor Süper Lig 27 6 5 0 — 33 6
2015–16 32 5 3 0 — 35 5
Sweden Division League Cup Europe Total
2016 AIK Allsvenskan 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Career Total 202 46 22 11 17 5 241 62

References

  1. ↑ "Startsida". Fotbollskanalen.se. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "John Chibuike till AIK Fotboll". aikfotboll.se. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "J. CHIBUIKE". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "John Chibuike". elitefootball.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2016.


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