{{Short description|English association football player (born 2006)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Chinonso Chibueze |fullname = Chinonso McAnthony Abi Chibueze<ref>{{cite web |title=CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf |website=English Football League |access-date=17 August 2025 |archive-date=19 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250619174245/https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |birth_place = London, England |height = |image = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|1|28|df=y}} |position = Winger |currentclub = Stoke City |clubnumber = 58 |youthyears1 = –2016 |youthclubs1 = Fulham |youthyears2 = 2016–2024 |youthclubs2 = Chelsea |youthyears3 = 2024–2025 |youthclubs3 = Stoke City |years1 = 2025– |clubs1 = Stoke City |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |club-update = 21:48, 12 August 2025 (UTC) }} '''Chinonso McAnthony Abi Chibueze''' (born 28 January 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for {{English football updater|StokeCty}} club Stoke City.
==Club career== Chibueze was born in London and joined the Chelsea academy from Fulham at under-10 level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official: Stoke City sign Chinonso Chibueze from Chelsea |url=https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2024/7/5/24192890/official-stoke-city-sign-chinonso-chibueze-from-chelsea |website=We Ain't Got No History |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=4 September 2025 |archive-date=25 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425234116/https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2024/7/5/24192890/official-stoke-city-sign-chinonso-chibueze-from-chelsea |url-status=live }}</ref> He progressed through the youth teams at Chelsea until he joined Stoke City in September 2024, linking up with their under-21 squad.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinonso Chibueze departs Chelsea |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/chinonso-chibueze-departs-chelsea |website=Chelsea FC |access-date=4 September 2025 |archive-date=5 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705165503/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/chinonso-chibueze-departs-chelsea |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Quartet join Under-21s |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2024/july/05/quartet-join-under-21s/ |website=Stoke City |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=26 August 2025 |archive-date=18 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718105354/https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2024/july/05/quartet-join-under-21s/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He made his professional debut on 26 August 2025 in a EFL Cup match against Bradford City, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 defeat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Talovierov and Chibueze set for City debuts |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/august/26/talovierov-and-chibueze-set-for-city-debuts/ |website=Stoke City |date=26 August 2025 |access-date=26 August 2025 |archive-date=27 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827190847/https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/august/26/talovierov-and-chibueze-set-for-city-debuts/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke City 0–3 Bradford City|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cev2kmz2v1lt#Line-ups |website=BBC Sport |access-date=26 August 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Chibueze is of Nigerian decent through his parents.<ref>{{cite web |title=18-year-old Nigeria-eligible English winger departs Chelsea for Stoke City |url=https://soccernet.ng/2024/07/18-year-old-nigeria-eligible-english-winger-departs-chelsea-for-stoke-city.html |website=soccernet.ng |date=6 July 2024 |access-date=4 September 2025 |archive-date=23 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323234453/https://soccernet.ng/2024/07/18-year-old-nigeria-eligible-english-winger-departs-chelsea-for-stoke-city.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His brother Kelechi is also a footballer who has played in the youth teams at Chelsea, Leicester City and Sunderland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy: U21s sign Kelechi Chibueze |url=https://www.safc.com/news/academy-news/2023/october/kelechi-chibueze |website=Sunderland AFC |access-date=4 September 2025 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610212258/https://safc.com/news/academy-news/2023/october/kelechi-chibueze |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 26 August 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- ||Stoke City |2025–26<ref name="2025-26">{{Soccerbase season|id=188592|season=2025}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|—||1||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ESPN FC|379585/chinonso-chibueze|Chinonso Chibueze}} * {{Soccerway|new_id=chibueze-chinonso/dpiBrqC7}}
{{Stoke City F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chibueze, Chinonso}} Category:2006 births Category:Living people Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:English men's footballers Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:English people of Nigerian descent