{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chinonso Emeka | image = | caption = | fullname = Chinoso Emeka<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Nigeria |publisher=FIFA |page=12 |date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|8|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Warri, Nigeria | height = 1.97 m | position = Forward | currentclub = Dukla Prague | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2021 | youthclubs1 = Water FC | youthyears2 = 2021 | youthclubs2 = Gent | years1 = 2021–2022 | clubs1 = Gent | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022–2025 | clubs2 = AS Trenčín | caps2 = 45 | goals2 = 14 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Dukla Prague | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | pcupdate = 15 May 2026 | ntupdate = }} '''Chinonso Emeka''' ({{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Ebube Clara-Chinonso Emeka.wav |listen}};born 30 August 2001) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Czech First League club Dukla Prague.<ref>{{Soccerway|chinonso-emeka/611229}}</ref>
==Club career== Emeka made his Belgian First Division A debut for Gent on 22 May 2021 in a game against Mechelen.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/22/belgium/pro-league/kv-mechelen/koninklijke-atletiek-associatie-gent/3496960/|title=Mechelen v Gent game report|date=22 May 2021}}</ref> On October 13, 2022, Emeka transferred to current club AS Trenčín in the Slovak First Football League.
On 8 August 2025, Emeka signed a contract with Czech First League club Dukla Prague.<ref>{{cite web|last=Šlehofer|first=Jiří|publisher=Sport News Invest|url=https://infotbal.cz/dukla-ohlasila-nahradu-za-utocnika-millu-ze-slovenska-dorazil-197-centimetru-vysoky-emeka/|title=Dukla ohlásila náhradu za útočníka Millu. Ze Slovenska dorazil 197 centimetrů vysoký Emeka|date=8 August 2025|access-date=8 August 2025|website=inFotbal.cz|language=cs}}</ref>
==International career== He was included in the Nigeria's squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but did not appear in any games.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/fifa-u-20-world-cup-poland-2019/match-center/400010614|title=Senegal U20 v Nigeria U20 game report|date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{FK Dukla Prague squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Emeka, Chinonso}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:KAA Gent players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Footballers from Warri Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Category:AS Trenčín players Category:Slovak First Football League players Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Category:FK Dukla Prague players Category:Footballers at the 2019 African Games
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