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Geoffrey Chinedu

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Geoffrey Chinedu
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Charles Chinedu[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)
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 Al-Nasr
2016 Skënderbeu Korçë
2016Teplice (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Doğan Türk Birliği 13 (5)
2016–2017 Skënderbeu Korçë 0 (0)
2017Besa (loan) 7 (1)
2017–2019Rabotnički (loan) 58 (12)
2019 Turris Turnu Măgurele 0 (0)
2019–2021 Olimpik Donetsk 11 (0)
2020Narva Trans (loan) 29 (7)
2021Lahti (loan) 27 (7)
2022 Lahti 25 (4)
2022–2024 Radnički Kragujevac 28 (8)
2024 Liaoning Tieren 12 (1)
2024– Astana 9 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024

Geoffrey Charles Chinedu (born 1 October 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana.

Career

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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

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As of 28 October 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

References

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  1. ^ Geoffrey Chinedu at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ FUTURE LEAGUE: TEPLICE - LIBEREC 4:0 (2:0), fkteplice.cz, 19 October 2016
  3. ^ Geoffrey Chinedu at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Un atacant nigerian cu prezențe în Europa League, ultima noutate în lotul nou-promovatei Turris". liga2.prosport.ro. 9 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Олимпик усилил атаку нигерийским форвардом". football.ua.
  6. ^ "Джеффри: "Бетим Халими сказал, что мне понравится в Нарве"". fctrans.ee. 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Geoffrey ja Narva Transi koostöö sai läbi". soccernet.ee. 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ https://fclahti.fi/uutiset/fc-lahti-lainaa-chinedu-geoffreyn-ukrainasta/ fclahti.fi, 13 April 2021
  9. ^ "Napadač iz Nigerije prvo zimsko pojačanje Radničkog". zurnal.rs. 31 December 2022.
  10. ^ "官宣‖如虎添翼 强援来袭" (in Chinese). Weibo. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Ресми: Чинеду Джеффри – "Астаналық" ойыншы". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ^ Geoffrey Chinedu at Soccerway
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