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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Enugu, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | 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 as of 24 February 2020 | |||
John Chibuike (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerianfootballer who played as asecondary striker.
Starting his career inEnugu Rangers and made the senior team in the 2008-2009 season, in 2009 before the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as adefender by Rangers, after he arrived in Häcken he has been used more as amidfielder.
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, especially good vision and technique. He made 27 out of 30 games during the season scoring 3 goals and making three assists.
At the start of the Allsvenskan, season 2011 it became apparent that Chibuike had improved even more. Allsvenskan topscorer – and club fellowMathias Ranégie said he was the team’s most import important player and that he very soon could see Chibuike playing on a European top-level.[1]
On 29 August 2011, Chibuike signed a four-year contract with Norwegian sideRosenborg where he played behind a mainstriker.
In the summer of 2014, Chibuike moved from Rosenborg to the Turkish sideGaziantepspor, signing a four-year contract.
In August 2016, Chibuike signed forAIK.[2]
| 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 | ||
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