{{short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Blessing | image = | fullname = Blessing Anyanwu Chinedu | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|11|22}} | birth_place = Enyimba, Nigeria | height = {{height|m=1.92}} | position = Central defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1993–1997 | years2 = 1997–2000 | years3 = 2000–2001 | years4 = 2001–2003 | years5 = 2003–2005 | years6 = 2005–2006 | years7 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = Enyimba | clubs2 = Iwuanyanwu Nationale | clubs3 = Vardar Skopje | clubs4 = Cementarnica 55 | clubs5 = Vardar Skopje | clubs6 = KAA Gent | clubs7 = Lierse | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = 15 | caps7 = 8 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1993 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-17 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }} '''Blessing Anyanwu Chinedu''' (born November 22, 1976, in Enyimba) is a retired Nigerian football defender.
==Career== In his early career he played in Nigeria with Enyimba International F.C. and Iwuanyanwu Nationale (former name of ''Heartland FC''). In 2000, he moved to Macedonia where he signed for the traditionally strongest club FK Vardar. Between 2001 and 2003 he played with another Macedonian First League club, FK Cementarnica 55 before returning to Vardar. In 2005, he moved to Belgium signing with Belgian Pro League club K.A.A. Gent. After one season he moved to another Belgian club, Lierse S.K.<ref>[https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe51568/blessing-chinedu/ Blessing Chinedu] at worldfootball.net</ref>
==National team== Chinedu was part of Nigerian under-17 squad at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chinedu, Blessing}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Aba, Nigeria Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Enyimba F.C. players Category:Heartland F.C. players Category:FK Vardar players Category:FK Cementarnica 55 players Category:KAA Gent players Category:Lierse SK (1906) players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Footballers from Abia State
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