Samuel Chukwueze

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Samuel Chukwueze
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Samuel Chukwueze (2018)
Personnel
Surname Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze
birthday May 22, 1999
place of birth Ikwuano ,  Nigeria
size 172 cm
position Left winger
Juniors
Years station
0000–2012 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

Commons : Samu Chukwueze  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Samuel Chukwueze signs 5 years contract with Villarreal FC . Diamond Football Academy. 5th September 2017.
  2. ↑ Samuel Chukwueze makes debut Villarreal stalemate in Rangers . Goal.com. 20th September 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46030232
  4. ^ Nigeria v Uganda game report . ESPN . 20th November 2018.
  5. ↑ Samuel Chukwueze Biography (Exclusive Interview) (en) . In: Diamond Football Academy Official Website , September 3, 2016. 
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46229240
personal data
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