Chisom Chikatara

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Chisom Chikatara
Personal information
Full name Chisom Elvis Chikatara
Date of birth (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Abia, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
2002–2007 Independent FC
2007–2012 New Generation FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Abia Warriors 71 (58)
2016–2018 Wydad AC 11 (1)
2018–2019 El Gouna FC 11 (1)
2019 → Tala'ea El Gaish (loan) 6 (0)
2019 → Akwa United (loan) 2 (0)
2019 Al-Faisaly
2020 Al-Shabab Club
2020–2021 Naft Maysan
2021 Duhok SC
2021 Gokulam Kerala 0 (0)
2022–2023 Abia Warriors 1 (0)
2025– Al Brega Murassas 0 (1)
International career‡
2014 Nigeria U23 3 (3)
2015–2016 Nigeria 5 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 January 2016

Chisom Elvis Chikatara (born 24 November 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is known for his speed on the ball, dribbles and goal scoring abilities.[2]

Club career

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Early career

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Chikatara joined the local football club Independent FC, a club for children of age 13 below. After five years with the club, he outgrew it and moved over to New Generation FC. While playing for this club he sign a short loan deal with Benie Aries FC in a Super Four Competition between Abia Warriors, Heartland and Diamond Football Academy. He was the highest goal scorer in the competition. He had various offers to move to Heartland FC then which was already in the Ghana Premier League but finally he moved to Abia Warriors at the age of seventeen. He signed the contract in November 2012.

Abia Warriors FC

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Chikatara was part of the pillar that brought the team into the 1st division league especially with his goal scoring technique. the Super "S" as he is called by fans always scores which made him to be named the highest goal scorer as the club was promoted.[3] On 18 September 2015, his mother died and he was not told about it because the club had a home big clash against Warri Wolves, they won the match 2–1 before the Club Chairman High Chief Emeka Inyama Broke the news to him.[4]

Later career

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After leaving Egypt, Chikatara returned to Nigeria and began training with Akwa United in October 2019.[5] No deal was signed with Akwa United and on 12 December 2019, Jordanian club Al-Faisaly announced that they had signed Chikatara on a 2-year contract.[6] However, Chikatara later confirmed in an interview, that there had been negotiations and that the parties reached an agreement, but the deal was not concluded and it was deported quickly.[7]

In the beginning of 2020, Chikatara then joined Bahraini club Al-Shabab Club.[7] Later in 2020, Chikatara joined Iraqi club Naft Maysan.[8]

Gokulam Kerala

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On 3 September 2021, Chikatara signed with I-League champions Gokulam Kerala for a season.[9]

AL BRAGA MURASSAS

in 12/2/2025 his currently playing for a libya club Al brega murassas after staying out for two (2) years because his father's death. which the contract is till end of the season.

International career

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Chikatara was a part of the Nigeria national team that played at the 2016 African Nations Championship. In Nigeria's first group stage match versus Niger, he was substituted on in the 58th minute and bagged a hat-trick. The match ended in a 4–1 win. He was awarded "Man of the Match".[10] In the second group stage match against Tunisia he also came from the bench to put his name on the scoreboard before Tunisia's Ahmed Akaïchi equalised.[11] Chikatara made a third substitute appearances in the third group stage match, a 1–0 defeat to Guinea, while Nigeria failed to proceed to the next round of the competition.[12]

Style of play

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A quick, and agile right-footed striker, Chisom is primarily known for his outstanding pace, mobility, and athleticism as a footballer, as well as his striking power, and his strength, despite his young age;[13][14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 23 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gokulam Kerala 2021–22 I-League 0 0 4[a] 3 0 0 4 3
Career total 0 0 4 3 0 0 4 3
  1. ^ Appearances in Durand Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2016 4 4
Total 4 4
Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chikatara goal.
List of international goals scored by Chisom Chikatara[15]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 January 2016 Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda Error creating thumbnail:  Niger 2–0 4–1 2016 African Nations Championship
2 3–1
3 4–1
4 22 January 2016 Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–0 1–1 2016 African Nations Championship

Honours

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Lists
Highest goal Scorer of the Season (Pro League): 2012–13
Best New Player: 2013–14[16][17]

References

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  5. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Chikatara trains with Akwa United ahead of possible move, goal.com, 7 October 2019
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  7. ^ a b شيكاتارا في حوار لكووورة: الدوري المصري أقوى من المغربي, kooora.com, 15 July 2020
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  16. ^ Chikatara relishes FC Wil experience supersport.com [permanent dead link]
  17. ^ #Football; Photos and List of winners from the (LBA) League Bloggers Award aurasboxx.com 21 December 2014 Archived 5 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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  • Chisom Chikatara at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Chisom Chikatara at Global Sports Archive
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