Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Chidiebere Chijioke Nwakali | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Jubail | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Shuttle Sports Academy | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | → Málaga B (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Girona (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | → Start (loan) | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | → Sogndal (loan) | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Raków Częstochowa | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Kalmar FF | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Tuzlaspor | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Tuwaiq | ||||||||||||||||
2023– | Al-Jubail | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | Nigeria U17 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Nigeria U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC) |
Chidiebere Chijioke Nwakali // ⓘ (born 26 December 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays for Saudi club Al-Jubail.
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Girona (loan) | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
IK Start (loan) | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
Sogndal (loan) | 2017 | Eliteserien | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
Aberdeen (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Career total | 53 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 7 |
Nigeria U17