Chukwuma Akabueze (born 6 May 1989), nicknamed "Bentley", is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

professional

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Club career

The former striker of

Kwara United Kwara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Ilorin. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional football League after promotion in 2017 from the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is t ...

before he was taken to Odd Grenland in July 2007. He has a very good left foot which he utilised in scoring a stunner against Zambia in the second round stage of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. His skill is another asset to him evident by the goal he scored in the 1–1 draw with

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup ti ...

on 2 August 2009. On 24 February 2011 he signed for

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

. On 19 February 2013, Bentley transferred to

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club

Wuhan Zall Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club, formerly Wuhan Zall Football Club (), is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in ...

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International career

He was a member of the

team that took part in the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

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in which they were eliminated in the quarter-final by Chile.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.''

References

External links

FIFA article on ''Chukwuma Akabueze''
* * 1989 births People from Ilorin Living people Nigerian footballers Nigeria under-20 international footballers Nigeria international footballers Association football wingers Kwara United F.C. players Odds BK players SK Brann players Wuhan F.C. players Boluspor footballers Ümraniyespor footballers Bandırmaspor footballers Eliteserien players Chinese Super League players TFF First League players Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in China Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in Turkey Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub