Nigerian footballer
Chidozie Awaziem
Full name
Chidozie Collins Awaziem[1] Date of birth
(1997-01-01 ) 1 January 1997 (age 27) [2] Place of birth
Enugu , Nigeria[2] Height
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] Position(s)
Centre-back Current team
Boavista Number
5 2011–2014
El-Kanemi Warriors 2014–2015
Porto Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 2015–2019
Porto B
62
(2) 2016–2021
Porto
10
(0) 2017–2018
→ Nantes (loan)
22
(1) 2019
→ Çaykur Rizespor (loan)
16
(0) 2019–2020
→ Leganés (loan)
26
(0) 2020–2021
→ Boavista (loan)
27
(0) 2021–
Boavista
27
(0) 2021–2022
→ Alanyaspor (loan)
18
(1) 2022–2023
→ Hajduk Split (loan)
28
(5) 2017–
Nigeria
30
(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:06, 31 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Chidozie Collins Awaziem MON (born 1 January 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Primeira Liga club Boavista .
Club career
Porto
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.[3] His senior debut was made with the B team in the Segunda Liga .[4]
On 27 January 2016, aged 19, Awaziem appeared in his first competitive game with the main squad, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against C.D. Feirense in the Taça da Liga .[5] [6] 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 ranks.[7] [8]
Awaziem was loaned to French club FC Nantes for the 2017–18 season .[9] His first match in Ligue 1 took place on 6 August 2017, when he came on as a 74th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat away to Lille OSC .[10]
In January 2019, Awaziem joined Çaykur Rizespor on loan until the end of the campaign .[11] On 15 August, in the same situation, he moved to CD Leganés .[12]
Boavista
Still owned by Porto, Awaziem signed a temporary deal with Boavista F.C. – also in Portugal and the city of Porto – ahead of 2020–21 , with the obligation of a permanent four-year contract on 30 June 2021.[13] He returned to the Turkish Süper Lig on 8 September that year, being loaned to Alanyaspor .[14]
On 1 August 2022, Awaziem was loaned to HNK Hajduk Split with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season .[15]
International career
Aged 19, Awaziem was called up by Nigeria for friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg , on 27 and 31 May 2016.[16] He made his senior debut on 1 June 2017, starting in a 3–0 win over Togo in Paris in another exhibition game.[17]
Awaziem was included in Gernot Rohr 's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[18] being an unused player as the tournament ended in group stage exit . He was also picked for the 2019 [19] and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations .[20]
Career statistics
Club
As of match played 22 October 2023 [21]
International
As of match played 8 January 2024 [22]
Nigeria
Year
Apps
Goals
2017
2
0
2018
3
1
2019
12
0
2020
2
0
2021
7
0
2022
2
0
2023
1
0
2024
1
0
Total
30
1
International goals
As of match played 3 June 2018 (Nigeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Awaziem goal)[22]
Honours
Porto B
Porto
Hajduk
Nigeria
Orders
References
^ a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF) . FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018 .
^ a b "Chidozie Awaziem" . Eurosport . Retrieved 14 September 2020 .
^ "Dragões são campeões nacionais de Sub-19" [Dragons are Under-19 national champions] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018 .
^ "Chidozie: o menino lançado às feras num Clássico faz 22 anos" [Chidozie: the kid thrown to the wolves in a Classic turns 22] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021 .
^ "Eight reserves called for the match against Feirense" . FC Porto. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ Pires, Sérgio (27 January 2016). "TL: Feirense-FC Porto, 2–0 (crónica)" [LC: Feirense-FC Porto, 2–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 February 2016 .
^ "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 .
^ "Benfica 1–2 FC Porto" . ESPN FC . 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016 .
^ "Nigerian Awaziem joins Nantes" . ESPN . 5 July 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018 .
^ Vadeevaloo, Teddy (6 August 2017). "Ce qu'il faut retenir" [These were the highlights]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2018 .
^ "Chidozie Collins Awaziem Çaykur Rizespor'da" [Chidozie Collins Awaziem to Çaykur Rizespor] (in Turkish). Çaykur Rizespor. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019 .
^ Martín, Javier (15 August 2019). "El Leganés hace oficial la cesión de Awaziem para blindar su zaga" [Leganés make Awaziem loan official to shield back sector]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2019 .
^ "Boavista garante Chidozie junto do FC Porto" [Boavista confirm Chidozie at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020 .
^ "OFICIAL: Boavista empresta Chidozie ao Alanyaspor" [OFFICIAL: Boavista loan Chidozie to Alanyaspor] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022 .
^ "Dobro došao: Chidozie Awaziem novi je stoper Hajduka!" [Welcome: Chidozie Awaziem is Hajduk's new stopper!] (in Croatian). Hajduk Split. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022 .
^ "Yusuf invites 26 players for Mali, Luxembourg" . Nigeria Football Federation . 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016 .
^ Okpara, Christian (2 June 2017). "Musa fires brace as Eagles hammer Togo 3–0" . The Guardian . Retrieved 19 June 2017 .
^ Udoh, Colin (3 June 2018). "Super Eagles drop Aina, Agu from World Cup squad" . ESPN. Retrieved 6 June 2018 .
^ "Nigeria: Super Eagles' team list for Afcon 2019" . AllAfrica . 12 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019 .
^ Oludare, Shina (17 January 2022). "Afcon 2021 squads: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon & every official tournament squad list" . Goal . Retrieved 4 March 2022 .
^ Chidozie Awaziem at Soccerway
^ a b Chidozie Awaziem at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "FC Porto B é Campeão da II Liga" [FC Porto B are II League champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ Casaca, Manuel (10 June 2023). "Hajduk faz esforço para ter Chidozie" [Hajduk make a run for Chidozie]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2023 .
^ Stevens, Rob (11 February 2024). "Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 February 2024 .
^ Booty, Natasha (13 February 2024). "Afcon: Ivory Coast and Nigeria players get cash, villas and honours" . BBC News . Retrieved 25 February 2024 .
^ "Tinubu gifts Eagles lands, houses, national honours after AFCON" . The Punch . 14 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024 .
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