Azubuike Godson Okechukwu (born 19 April 1997) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

Club career

Born in

Katsina Katsina, likely from "Tamashek" eaning son or bloodor mazza enwith "inna" otheris a Local Government Area and the capital city of Katsina State, in northern Nigeria.

, Okechukwu has played club football for

Bayelsa United Bayelsa United FC is a football club based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria. They play in the second division of Nigerian football, the Nigeria National League. Their home games are played at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Ovom, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. ...

and

Yeni Malatyaspor Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya, Turkey. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country. History Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its prim ...

. On 19 August 2018, Okechukwu joined

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side

Pyramids FC Pyramids Football Club ( ar, نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or ) is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system. Fo ...

. In January 2019, he joined

on loan until the end of the season. On 10 July 2019, İstanbul Başakşehir confirmed, that they had signed Okechukwu on a season-long loan deal. He won the

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with the club. In August 2020, Okechukwu signed a permanent contract with İstanbul Başakşehir. In July 2021 he moved on loan to

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 201 ...

. He moved on loan to

in January 2022.

International career

Okechukwu made his international debut for the Nigeria national team in 2016, and he was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

1997 births Living people People from Katsina Nigerian footballers Nigeria international footballers Bayelsa United F.C. players Pyramids FC players Çaykur Rizespor footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Sivasspor footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers TFF First League players Süper Lig players Nigeria Professional Football League players Association football midfielders Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Egypt Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Nigeria Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Olympic medalists in football {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub