Chidiebere Nwakali

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

Chidiebere Nwakali
Personal information
Full name Chidiebere Chijioke Nwakali
Date of birth (1996-12-26) 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:08, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2014–15 Premier League 0000000000
2015–16 Premier League 0000000000
2016–17 Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Girona (loan) 2015–16 Segunda División 0000–0000
IK Start (loan) 2016 Tippeligaen 22310——233
Sogndal (loan) 2017 Eliteserien 26410—1[lower-alpha 1]0284
Aberdeen (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 5030000080
Career total 537500010597
  1. Appearance in the Eliteserien relegation play-offs

Honours

References
  1. Mosselhi, Mohamad (21 January 2014). "Manchester City sign Nigeria's youngstar Nwakali : Agent - Africa - Sports". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. "Report: Nigerian starlets to join City's pre-season tour". Manchester Evening News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  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. "El City cede a Nwakali hasta 2017" [City loans Nwakali until 2017] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. "Reserve team makes things difficult for Antequera CF (1–0)". Málaga's official website. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  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.
  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.
  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. "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. "Englandsproff på lån ut august" (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball Official Site. 8 February 2017.
  11. "Aberdeen sign Chidi Nwakali on loan from Manchester City". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  12. "Aberdeen FC Archives".
  13. "Chidiebere Nwakali odszedł z Rakowa". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  14. Nwakali klar för Kalmar FF!, kalmarff.se, 22 January 2019
  15. "Kalmar FF sack ex-Man City star Nwakali for returning late from Christmas break". 31 January 2020.
  16. Hesin skal royndarvenja við KÍ, nordlysid.fo, 23 Mai 2020
  17. "Done Deal: Nwakali Joins Saudi Arabia Clubside Al-Jubail Club".
  18. "C. Nwakali". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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