Emmanuel Ugochucku Chigozie (born 28 August 1991) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a defender who last played for

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in the

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is off ...

Career

Chigozie started his career with Indian side,

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, before moving to Mizoram Police AC of the

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. He returned to Aizawl before the 2015–16 season. Chigozie made his professional debut for Aizawl in the I-League on 9 January 2016 against the reigning champions,

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. He played the full match as Aizawl lost 3–1.

I-League statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chigozie, Emmanuel Living people Nigerian men's footballers Aizawl FC players Men's association football defenders I-League players Expatriate men's footballers in India Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in India 1991 births Calcutta Football League players Aryan FC players Gokulam Kerala FC players United SC players