Geoffrey Chinedu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Charles Chinedu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Astana | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016 | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
| 2016 | → Teplice (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Doğan Türk Birliği | 13 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Besa (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | → Rabotnički (loan) | 58 | (12) |
| 2019 | Turris Turnu Măgurele | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Olimpik Donetsk | 11 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Narva Trans (loan) | 29 | (7) |
| 2021 | → Lahti (loan) | 27 | (7) |
| 2022 | Lahti | 25 | (4) |
| 2022–2024 | Radnički Kragujevac | 28 | (8) |
| 2024 | Liaoning Tieren | 12 | (1) |
| 2024- | Astana | 8 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024 | |||
Geoffrey Charles Chinedu (born 1 October 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana.
Career
[edit]In 2015, Chinedu signed for Northern Cypriot side Doğan Türk Birliği, before joining the youth academy of KF Skënderbeu in the Albanian top flight. In October 2016, he also went on a trial at Czech club FK Teplice.[2]
Before the second half of 2016/17, he was sent on loan to Albanian second division club Besa, where he made 7 league appearances and scored 1 goal.[3]
In 2017, Chinedu signed for Rabotnički in North Macedonia.
In 2019, he signed for Romanian second division team Turris Turnu Măgurele.[4] After that, he signed for Olimpik (Donetsk) in Ukraine.[5]
Before the 2020 season, Chinedu was sent on loan to Estonian outfit Narva Trans[6] before leaving that December.[7]
In 2021, Chinedu was sent on loan to Finnish Veikkausliiga club Lahti with an option to buy.[8]
Chinedu signed a contract with Serbian Superliga club Radnički Kragujevac on 31 December 2022.[9]
On 30 January 2024, Chinedu joined China League One club Liaoning Shenyang Urban.[10]
On 3 July 2024, Astana announced the signing of Chinedu from Liaoning Tieren on a contract until the end of the 2026 season.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 28 October 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Doğan Türk Birliği | 2015–16 | KTFF Süper Lig | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 14 | 7 | ||
| Skënderbeu Korçë | 2016–17 | Kategoria Superiore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Besa (loan) | 2016–17 | Kategoria e Parë | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | ||
| Rabotnički (loan) | 2017–18 | Macedonian First League | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 11 | ||
| 2018–19 | Macedonian First League | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Total | 58 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 14 | ||
| Turris Turnu Măgurele | 2019–20 | Liga II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Olimpik Donetsk | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 1 | ||
| Narva Trans (loan) | 2020 | Meistriliiga | 29 | 7 | 7 | 8 | – | – | 36 | 15 | ||
| Lahti (loan) | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 7 | ||
| Lahti | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 36 | 12 | |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 7 | |||
| Total | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | ||
| Liaoning Tieren | 2024 | China League One | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| Astana | 2024 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7[d] | 5 | 17 | 14 |
| Career total | 220 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 254 | 79 | ||
- ^ Includes Cypriot Cup (Northern Cyprus), Macedonian Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Estonian Cup, Suomen Cup and Serbian Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup and Kazakhstan League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
References
[edit]- ^ Geoffrey Chinedu at WorldFootball.net
- ^ FUTURE LEAGUE: TEPLICE - LIBEREC 4:0 (2:0), fkteplice.cz, 19 October 2016
- ^ Geoffrey Chinedu at Soccerway
- ^ "Un atacant nigerian cu prezențe în Europa League, ultima noutate în lotul nou-promovatei Turris". liga2.prosport.ro. 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Олимпик усилил атаку нигерийским форвардом". football.ua.
- ^ "Джеффри: "Бетим Халими сказал, что мне понравится в Нарве"". fctrans.ee. 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Geoffrey ja Narva Transi koostöö sai läbi". soccernet.ee. 7 December 2020.
- ^ https://fclahti.fi/uutiset/fc-lahti-lainaa-chinedu-geoffreyn-ukrainasta/ fclahti.fi, 13 April 2021
- ^ "Napadač iz Nigerije prvo zimsko pojačanje Radničkog". zurnal.rs. 31 December 2022.
- ^ "官宣‖如虎添翼 强援来袭" (in Chinese). Weibo. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Ресми: Чинеду Джеффри – "Астаналық" ойыншы". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Geoffrey Chinedu at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Geoffrey Chinedu at Soccerway
- Geoffrey Chinedu Archived 2023-04-01 at the Wayback Machine at Radnički Kragujevac
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- Living people
- 1997 births
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Lagos
- Doğan Türk Birliği footballers
- KF Besa Kavajë players
- KF Skënderbeu Korçë players
- FC Lahti players
- FC Olimpik Donetsk players
- JK Narva Trans players
- FK Rabotnički players
- AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele players
- Liaoning Tieren F.C. players
- Meistriliiga players
- Macedonian First Football League players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
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