Dani Chigou

Daniel "Dani" Chigou (born 5 July 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In a journeyman career, he played for numerous clubs in Italy, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Russia. He has been compared to fellow Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o.[1]

Dani Chigou
Chigou with FK Dukla Prague in 2011
Personal information
Full name Daniel Chigou
Date of birth (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983
Place of birth Limbe, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000 Mount Cameroon F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Fovu Baham
2001–2002 Ternana Calcio 2 (0)
2002–2003 A.S. Andria BAT 25 (3)
2003–2004 Legnano Calcio 19 (1)
2004 A.C. Paternò 2004 12 (4)
2004–2005 S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 8 (0)
2005 Sanremese 14 (2)
2005–2007 S.S.C. Giugliano 49 (21)
2007 Nuorese 11 (1)
2007 FC Farul Constanţa 11 (2)
2008 FCM Câmpina 0 (0)
2008 Debreceni VSC 1 (0)
2009–2011 FK Dukla Prague 62 (37)
2011 Volgar-Gazprom 2 (0)
2012– Dukla Prague 0 (0)
2012 →Zbrojovka Brno (loan) 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2012

Career

Italy

He played for eight clubs in Italy in a period of seven years.[2] He began his football career in the 2001–02 season in the Italian Serie B with Ternana Calcio, where he played twice without scoring. After moving on, he represented clubs in Serie C1 and Serie C2.[3]

Czech Republic
Chigou playing for FK Dukla Prague in 2011

In January 2009, Chigou signed for Czech club FK Dukla Prague from Hungarian side Debrecen.[4] He made his first appearance for Dukla in a friendly match against SV Wacker Burghausen on 17 January 2009,[5] scoring two goals.[6] He opened his account in his second competitive game for the club,[7] scoring a hat-trick as Dukla defeated Fotbal Fulnek by a club record score, 6–0.[8]

In the 2009–2010 season he scored 14 goals, becoming the top goalscorer of the Czech 2. Liga together with Pavel Černý and Karel Kroupa.[9]

Chigou started the following season, the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga, by scoring six goals in five matches[4] and again finished the season as the division's top scorer, this time outright, with 19 goals for FK Dukla Prague.[10] Following the end of the 2010–11 season, Chigou decided not to extend his contract and left the club.[11]

In July 2011, Chigou had a trial at Belgian First Division club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.[12] However Chigou was not offered a contract and found himself back at Dukla at the beginning of the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga to train with the club, watching the opening game of the season against Olomouc.[13] On 25 August 2011 it was announced he had started training at Russian First Division outfit FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.[14]

In February 2012, Chigou returned to the Czech Republic, signing once more for Dukla, but immediately going on loan to Czech 2. Liga side FC Zbrojovka Brno.[15]

Chigou returned to Dukla in the summer of 2012 but did not feature for the first team in the first half of the season. In February 2013 he had a trial at second division 1. SC Znojmo. Despite scoring in a 4–1 friendly win against Austrian third division side Retz, Znojmo manager Leoš Kalvoda decided against signing the player.[16]

Career statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ternana Calcio 2001–02 200000000020
Fidelis Andria 2002–03 25300000000253
Legnano 2003–04 19100000000191
Paternò 2003–04 12400000000124
Lanciano 2004–05 800000000080
Sanremese 2004–05 14200000000142
Giugliano 2005–06 3214000000003214
2006–07 17700000000177
Total 4921000000004921
Nuorese 2006–07 11100000000111
Farul Constanţa 2007–08 11200000000112
Câmpina 2007–08 000000000000
Debrecen 2007–08 100000000010
Dukla Prague 2008–09 10400–0000104
2009–10 261400–00002614
2010–11 261900–00002619
Total 623700–00006237
Volgar-Gazprom 2011–12 200000000020
Brno 2011–12 12300–0000123
Career total 228740000000022874

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 June 2012[3][17]

Honours

Club
FK Dukla Prague

Individual

References
  1. "Pražské derby mělo černého krále" (in Czech). denik.cz. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. "Kamerunský útočník Chigou zlepšil přístup a táhne fotbalovou Duklu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. "Daniel Chigou – Carreira – stagioni, presenze, goal" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  4. "Šest gólů v pěti zápasech. Duklu ve druhé lize táhne kamerunský střelec" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. "Freundschaftsspiel SV Wacker Burghausen gegen Dukla Prag endet 3:3 unentschieden" (in German). fussball.sv-wacker.de. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. "Dukla v Burghausenu 3:3 s Wackerem" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. "Dani Chigou a Petr Malý – góloví debutanti" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  8. "Rekordní výhra – 6:0 nad Fulnekem" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  9. "Ze Zlína odejdu, ví Kroupa, nejlepší střelec druhé ligy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  10. "Dukla i Žižkov zakončily sezonu remízou, králem střelců je Chigou" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  11. "Kamerunský kanonýr Chigou si s Duklou první ligu nezahraje" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  12. "OH Leuven test een Kameroener" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  13. "Kamerunský kanonýr Chigou trénuje na Dukle, vrátí se?" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  14. "Волгарь-Газпром" пригласил нападающего из Камеруна (in Russian). donnews.ru. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  15. "Kanonýr Chigou opět patří Dukle, na jaře ale bude hostovat v Brně" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  16. "Znojemští fotbalisté zkoušeli Chigoua. Dal gól, přesto neuspěl" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  17. "Romanian Soccer – History and Statistics – Daniel CHIGOU". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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