Chidiebere_Nwakali

Chidiebere Nwakali

Chidiebere Nwakali

Nigerian footballer

Chidiebere Chijioke Nwakali // ⓘ (born 26 December 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays for Saudi club Al-Jubail.

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Club career

On 20 January 2014, Nwakali signed a four-year deal with Manchester City from Shuttle Sports Academy, after impressing with Nigeria under-17s in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1] He was also a part of the first team's pre-season tour to USA in July.[2]

On 31 January 2015, Nwakali was loaned to Málaga CF until June 2017, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[3][4] He made his senior debut on 22 February, starting in a 1–0 home win against Antequera CF.[5]

On 31 August 2015, Nwakali was loaned to Segunda División side Girona FC, in a season-long deal.[6] However, he had to wait until 5 October to be officially available, due to a work permit.[7]

On 31 March 2016, Nwakali terminated his loan with the Catalans, after failing to play a single minute for the club, and immediately joined Tippeligaen side IK Start.[8] On 2 April he made his professional debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mathias Rasmussen in a 1–0 home loss against Viking FK.[9]

On 8 February 2017, Nwakali moved to Sogndal Fotball on loan.[10]

He was then loaned to Aberdeen in January 2018.[11][12]

In summer 2018, he joined Polish club Raków Częstochowa but after just two appearances in all competitions, he left the club due to personal reasons.[13]

On 22 January 2019, Kalmar FF announced that they had signed Nwakali on a four-year contract.[14] In February 2020 Nwakali was sacked from Kalmar FF over his failure to return on time from Christmas break [15]

On 21 May, Nwakali traveled to the remote Faroe Islands for a trial with last season's champions, KÍ Klaksvík.[16]

On 9 September 2023, Nwakali joined Al-Jubail.[17]

Career statistics

As of 27 July 2018[18]
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  1. Appearance in the Eliteserien relegation play-offs

Honours

Nigeria U17

References

  1. [1]
    Mosselhi, Mohamad (21 January 2014). "Manchester City sign Nigeria's youngstar Nwakali : Agent - Africa - Sports". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Report: Nigerian starlets to join City's pre-season tour". Manchester Evening News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Trio secure loan moves". Manchester City's official website. 31 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. [4]
    "El City cede a Nwakali hasta 2017" [City loans Nwakali until 2017] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Reserve team makes things difficult for Antequera CF (1–0)". Málaga's official website. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. [6]
    "El Girona FC incorpora al internacional nigeriano Nwakali" [Girona FC signs Nigerian international Nwakali] (in Spanish). Girona's official website. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
  7. [7]
    "Nwakali ya entrena con el equipo" [Nwakali already trains with the squad] (in Spanish). Girona's official website. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
  8. [8]
    "Nwakali pone fin a su cesión sin haber jugado ningún minuto" [Nwakali ends his loan without playing a single minute] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Debuterte for Start" [Debutant for Start] (in Norwegian). Start's official website. 2 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. [10]
    "Englandsproff på lån ut august" (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball Official Site. 8 February 2017.
  11. [11]
    "Aberdeen sign Chidi Nwakali on loan from Manchester City". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  12. [12]
    "Aberdeen FC Archives".
  13. [13]
    "Chidiebere Nwakali odszedł z Rakowa". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  14. [14]
    Nwakali klar för Kalmar FF![permanent dead link], kalmarff.se, 22 January 2019
  15. [15]
    "Kalmar FF sack ex-Man City star Nwakali for returning late from Christmas break". 31 January 2020.
  16. [16]
    Hesin skal royndarvenja við KÍ, nordlysid.fo, 23 Mai 2020
  17. [17]
    "Done Deal: Nwakali Joins Saudi Arabia Clubside Al-Jubail Club".
  18. [18]
    "C. Nwakali". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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