Samuel Chukwueze
Samuel Chukwueze | ||
![]() Samuel Chukwueze (2018)
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze | |
birthday | May 22, 1999 | |
place of birth | Ikwuano , Nigeria | |
size | 172 cm | |
position | Left winger | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
–2012 | Future Hope New Generation Academy | |
2012-2017 | Diamond Football Academy | |
2017-2018 | Villarreal CF | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2018 | Villarreal CF B | 13 (2) |
2018– | Villarreal CF | 19 (4) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2015 | Nigeria U17 | 7 (3) |
2019– | Nigeria U23 | 1 (0) |
2018– | Nigeria | 1 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. As of April 3, 2019 2 As of April 3, 2019 |
Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze (born May 22, 1999 in Ikwuano , Abia ) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Villarreal as a left winger .
Club career
Chukwueze moved from the Diamond Football Academy to the Villarreal FC youth academy in 2017 . After the club he had been assigned first to the A-youth team, he made his debut on April 15, 2018, the B team at a 1: 1 against CE Sabadell in the Segunda División B .
Chukwueze scored his first goal in a 3-1 away defeat at Athletic Bilbao B on May 20, 2018 . In his first season he contributed two goals in eleven games.
Chukwueze made his first-team debut on September 20, 2018. He came on as a substitute for Nicola Sansone in a 2-2 draw against Glasgow Rangers in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League group stage . He made his league debut on November 5, 2018. He played the entire season in a 1-1 draw against UD Levante . He scored his first goal in the Primera División on November 11 in a 2-2 win against Rayo Vallecano .
National team
He won the U-17 World Cup in Chile in 2015 with Nigeria . Chukwueze contributed with three hits.
In October 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior national team . On November 20, 2018, he made his debut for the national team in a 0-0 draw against Uganda .
Others
Chukwueze names Jay-Jay Okocha as his footballing role model.
His style of play is compared to Arjen Robben .
Web links
- Samuel Chukwueze in the database of weltfussball.de
- Samuel Chukwueze in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Samuel Chukwueze signs 5 years contract with Villarreal FC . Diamond Football Academy. 5th September 2017.
- ↑ Samuel Chukwueze makes debut Villarreal stalemate in Rangers . Goal.com. 20th September 2018.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46030232
- ^ Nigeria v Uganda game report . ESPN . 20th November 2018.
- ↑ Samuel Chukwueze Biography (Exclusive Interview) (en) . In: Diamond Football Academy Official Website , September 3, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46229240
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chukwueze, Samuel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chukwueze, Samuel Chimerenka (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ikwuano , Abia , Nigeria |