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 before the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as a defender by Rangers, after he arrived 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, 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 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 top-level.[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 the Turkish side Gaziantepspor, signing a four-year contract.
In August 2016, Chibuike signed for AIK.[2]
Career statistics
| 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
- ^ "Startsida". Fotbollskanalen.se. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "John Chibuike till AIK Fotboll". aikfotboll.se. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "J. CHIBUIKE". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "John Chibuike". elitefootball.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links
- BK Häcken profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 August 2010)
- John Chibuike at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- John Chibuike at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- John Chibuike at Soccerway