{{short description|Nigerian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chinedu Sunday Chukwu | fullname = Chinedu Sunday Chukwu | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Nkanu East, Enugu State, Nigeria | height = {{height|m=1.90}} | position = Centre back / defensive midfielder | currentclub = Kano Pillars F.C. | clubnumber = 26 | years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = Abia Comets | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Kwara United | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2019-present | clubs3 = Kano Pillars F.C. | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 6 | club-update = | ntupdate = }}
'''Chinedu Sunday Chukwu''' {{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Vivian Amalachukwu-Chinedu Sunday Chukwu.wav|Listen|help=no}} (born 28 February 1997 in Nkanu East, Enugu State) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Kano Pillars F.C. in the Nigerian Professional Football League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/chinedu-sunday-chukwu/683456/|title=C. CHUKWU |website=soccerway.com|date=19 September 2020|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribuna.com/en/persons/chinedu-sunday-chukwu/|title=CHINEDU SUNDAY CHUKWU|website=tribuna.com|date=8 June 2020|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scores24.live/en/soccer/t-kano-pillars-fc/squads|title=Kano Pillars Squad|website=scores24.live|date=19 March 2020|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref> He alternatively plays as defensive midfielder.
==Club career==
===Early career=== Sunday Chukwu began his youth career with Abia Comets, where he played from 2013 to 2015.
===Kwara United (2017–2018)=== After an impressive two years at Abia Comets, In the 2017-2018 Nigerian Professional Football League season, he transferred to Kwara United of Ilorin, penning two-year contract with them where he played regularly during his debut season and made 23 match appearances with 5 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://africanfootball.com/news/747502/Kwara-United-will-challenge-for-NPFL-title-insists-Chukwu|title=KWARA UNITED WILL CHALLENGE FOR NPFL TITLE, INSISTS CHUKWU|website=africanfootball.com|date=24 April 2018|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/kwara-utd-unveils-new-signings-20172018-npfl-season/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Kwara Utd unveils new signings for 2017/2018 NPFL season|newspaper=The Nation|date=11 January 2018|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref>
===Kano Pillars (2019–present)=== On 1 January 2019 after rejecting many offers from clubs in the Nigerian Professional Football League, he signed with four times Nigerian Professional Football League champions Kano Pillars F.C. on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe666961/chinedu-sunday/|title=Chinedu Sunday |website=worldfootball.net|date=20 January 2019|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecable.ng/anozie-ali-ojo-thecables-npfl-team-of-the-week|title=Anozie, Ali, Ojo... TheCable's NPFL team of the week|newspaper=TheCable|date=12 February 2020|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Kano Pillars F.C. |2020 |NPFL |28||6||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||28||6 |- ! colspan="3" |'''Career total''' !28!!6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!28!!6 |} ;Notes {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{soccerway|chinedu-sunday-chukwu/683456}} * [https://www.flashscore.co.uk/player/sunday-chinedu/0GT7rtyO/ Profile] on Flashscore.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chukwu, Chinedu Sunday}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:Kwara United F.C. players Category:Kano Pillars F.C. players Category:Nigeria Professional Football League players Category:Footballers from Enugu State Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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