Chidozie Awaziem

Chidozie Awaziem
Awaziem with Nigeria in 2017
Personal information
Full name Chidozie Collins Awaziem
Date of birth (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Porto
Youth career
2011–2014 El-Kanemi Warriors
2014–2015 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Porto B 59 (2)
2016– Porto 10 (0)
2017–2018 → Nantes (loan) 22 (1)
National team‡
2017– Nigeria 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2018

Chidozie Collins Awaziem (born 1 January 1997) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portuguese club FC Porto as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Enugu, Awaziem joined FC Porto from Portugal in 2014, where he spent his last year as a junior and won the corresponding league title.[2] His senior debuts where made with the B-team, in the Segunda Liga.

On 27 January 2016, aged 19, Awaziem appeared in his first competitive game with the main squad, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 away loss against C.D. Feirense for the Taça da Liga.[3][4] His maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga took place on 12 February, as he again started in a 2–1 win at S.L. Benfica due to an injury crisis to the defensive sector.[5][6]

For the 2017–18 season, Awaziem was loaned to French club FC Nantes.[7] His first match in Ligue 1 took place on 6 August 2017, when he came on as a 74th-minute substitute in a 0–3 loss away to Lille OSC.[8]

International career

Aged 19, Awaziem was called up by Nigeria for friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg, on 27 and 31 May 2016.[9] He made his senior debut on 1 June 2017, starting in a 3–0 win over Togo in Paris in another exhibition game.[10]

Awaziem was included in Gernot Rohr's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[11] being an unused player as the tournament ended in group stage exit.

Honours

Porto

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 September 2018[13]
Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201720
201821
Total41

International goals

As of 8 September 2018 (Nigeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Awaziem goal)[13]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2018Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles Seychelles2–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dragões são campeões nacionais de Sub-19" [Dragons are Under-19 national champions] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Eight reserves called for the match against Feirense". FC Porto. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "TL: Feirense-FC Porto, 2–0 (crónica)" [LC: Feirense-FC Porto, 2–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chidozie e Indi são os únicos centrais para a Luz" [Chidozie and Indi are the only stoppers for the Luz]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Benfica 1–2 FC Porto". ESPN FC. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nigerian Awaziem joins Nantes". ESPN. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ce qu'il faut retenir" [These were the highlights]. Le Figaro (in French). 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Yusuf invites 26 players for Mali, Luxembourg". Nigeria Football Federation. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Musa fires brace as Eagles hammer Togo 3–0". The Guardian. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Super Eagles drop Aina, Agu from World Cup squad". ESPN. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "FC Porto conquista Supertaça pela 21.ª vez" [FC Porto conquer Supercup for the 21st time] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  13. 1 2 "C. Awaziem – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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