John Chibuike (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerian

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who played as a

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Career

Starting his career in

Enugu Rangers Rangers International Football Club, commonly known as Enugu Rangers, is a Nigerian professional association football team. They are based in Enugu and play their home games at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Enugu Rangers are one of the three olde ...

and made the senior team in the 2008-2009 season, in 2009 prior to the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as a defender by Rangers, after his arrival in Häcken he has been used more as a

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. John Chibuike had a quite soft start in BK Häcken, but soon spectators around the venues saw that he had something extra. During his first season – 2010 he played as a midfielder and showed both good defensive and offensive skills and specially a good vision and technique. He made 27 out of 30 games during the season scoring 3 goals and making three assists. In the start of Allsvenskan, season 2011 it became apparent that Chibuike had improved even more. Allsvenskan topscorer – and club fellow

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said he was the team’s most import important player and that he very soon could see Chibuike playing on a European toplevel. On 29 August 2011, Chibuike signed a four-year contract with Norwegian side Rosenborg where he played behind a main striker. In the summer of 2014, Chibuike moved from Rosenborg to Turkish side

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, signing a four-year contract. In August 2016, Chibuike signed for

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Men's association football forwards Nigerian men's footballers Rangers International F.C. players BK Häcken players Rosenborg BK players Gaziantepspor footballers AIK Fotboll players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Samsunspor footballers FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Falkenbergs FF players Eliteserien players Allsvenskan players Süper Lig players Israeli Premier League players TFF First League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Footballers from Enugu {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub