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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 10 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 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] After the season, he joined Lahti on a permanent deal.

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 match played 10 November 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 10 7 0 0 2 3 7[d] 5 19 15
Career total 222 52 20 19 5 4 9 5 256 80

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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