{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Uchechi | fullname = Chima Daniel Uchechi | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|9|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Abia State, Nigeria | height = | currentclub= Rayners Lane | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthclubs1 = Charlton Athletic | youthyears1 = 2003–2008 | years1 = 2008–2009 | clubs1 = Charlton Athletic | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = West Ham United | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2010–2012 | clubs3 = FC Dender | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2011 | clubs4 = → Leicester City (loan) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2012 | clubs6 = Aberdeen | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2012–2014 | clubs7 = AFC United | caps7 = 11 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2014 | clubs8 = Dalkurd FF | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = BSV Hürtürkel | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 2016–2017 | clubs10 = Boreham Wood | caps10 = 9 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2017–2018 | clubs11 = Hendon | caps11 = 19 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2018 | clubs12 = Hampton & Richmond Borough | caps12 = 18 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2018–2019 | clubs13 = Cray Wanderers | caps13 = 11 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2019 | clubs14 = South Park | caps14 = 7 | goals14 = 2 | years15 = 2019–2020 | clubs15 = Hornchurch | caps15 = 22 | goals15 = 2 | years16 = 2020 | clubs16 = Burgess Hill Town | caps16 = 2 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2020 | clubs17 = East Grinstead Town | caps17 = 4 | goals17 = 0 | years18 = 2021 | clubs18 = Burgess Hill Town | caps18 = 6 | goals18 = 0 | years19 = 2021–2022 | clubs19 = Cray Wanderers | caps19 = 10 | goals19 = 0 | years20 = 2022–2023 | clubs20 = East Grinstead Town | caps20 = 34 | goals20 = 2 | years21 = 2023– | clubs21 = Rayners Lane | caps21 = 14 | goals21 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-20 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2008–2011 | nationalteam2 = Nigeria U-23 | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | pcupdate = 21:32, 19 August 2023 (UTC) }}
'''Chima Daniel Uchechi''' {{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Vivian Amalachukwu-Chima Daniel Uchechi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (born 14 September 1989) is a Nigerian<ref>[http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/sports/article09//indexn3_html?pdate=020809&ptitle=Uchechi:%20A%20Patriot%20From%20Queen%27s%20Land&cpdate=030809 Uchechi: A Patriot From Queen's Land −020809] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118073511/http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/sports/article09/ |date=18 November 2006 }}</ref> football forward for Rayners Lane.
==Career== Uchechi was born in Abia State and moved to England in 2002.<ref>[http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=6028 Charlton's Uchechi set to join Wigan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111054042/http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=6028 |date=11 January 2009 }}</ref> Uchechi scored 13 goals with the Charlton Athletic under-18 team,<ref>[http://www.cafc.co.uk/playerdisplay.ink?skip=26&season=2008/2009 Charlton Profile]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> then added five goals in reserve squad matches in 2008–09 season. Uchechi signed for West Ham United in spring 2009.<ref>[http://westhamprocess.com/2009/04/06/west-ham-pick-up-promising-charlton-youngster-danny-uchechi/ West Ham Pick Up Promising Charlton Youngster, Danny Uchechi] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721061630/http://westhamprocess.com/2009/04/06/west-ham-pick-up-promising-charlton-youngster-danny-uchechi/ |date=21 July 2010 }}</ref> After being released by West Ham, Uchechi returned in summer 2010 to Nigeria National League side FC Dender.
===Loan to Leicester City=== Uchechi was loaned in January 2011 to Leicester City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/8757562/leicester-boss-eriksson-lands-daniel-uchechi-from-fc-dender/ |title=Leicester boss Eriksson lands Daniel Uchechi from FC Dender |publisher=Yahoo! |date=1 February 2011 |access-date=4 February 2011 |archive-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322151958/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/8757562/leicester-boss-eriksson-lands-daniel-uchechi-from-fc-dender/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was not given a squad number for the 2010–11 season for Leicester City and did not feature for the first team. In a reserve game for Leicester City, against San Jose Earthquakes in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Belvoir Drive, he scored a penalty after Miguel Vítor had been fouled in the penalty area.<ref>[http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2301645,00.html Tunchev Returns In Quakes Friendly] Leicester City F.C..COM, 24 February 2011</ref>
===Trials with UK clubs=== Uchechi was to start the 2011/2012 pre-season training with Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen on 20 July 2011, however, Uchechi played the second half of a pre-season friendly for English side Peterborough United on trial.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theposh.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~2397861,00.html| title=Uchechi on trial with Posh |date=21 July 2011 |accessdate=22 July 2011| publisher=Peterborough United official website}}</ref>
===Loan to Sheffield Wednesday=== Following a successful short trial at Sheffield Wednesday, Megson was impressed with his good feet, good pace and ability to get a goal and offered him a loan move until January 2012. Uchechi became Gary Megson's seventh summer recruit<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10304~2416918,00.html |title=Sheffield Wed | Owls secure loan forward |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref> and was given the number 27. He made his ''Owls'' debut in the League Cup win against Blackpool on 11 August 2011 just hours after he put pen to paper.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14398745 |title=Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Blackpool (4–2 penalties) |publisher=BBC News |date= 11 August 2011|access-date=12 August 2011}}</ref> On 24 November 2011 it was confirmed that his loan spell with the club had been cut short.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sheffwed.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=263460 |title=Owls boss confirms Uchechi departure |publisher=Vitalfootball |date=24 November 2011 |accessdate=24 November 2011 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920010716/http://www.sheffwed.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=263460 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Aberdeen=== Aberdeen FC's Craig Brown signed Uchechi on a six-month deal, with the possibility of a two-year extension, on 31 January 2012 after a week-long trial.
===Sweden=== On 26 November 2012 it was announced that Swedish club AFC United had signed Uchechi on a two-year deal. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.afcunited.se/0/1517/user/group/article/show/1515.html |title=Spelare från Premier League klar för AFC United |publisher=afcunited |date=26 November 2012 |accessdate=4 December 2012 |archive-date=13 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113175530/http://www.afcunited.se/0/1517/user/group/article/show/1515.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He signed with Dalkurd, another Swedish club in April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/40139|title = KLART: Dalkurd FF värvar Daniel Uchechi}}</ref>
===Return to England=== Following a spell with BSV Hürtürkel in the German fifth tier, Uchechi joined Boreham Wood for the 2016–17 season.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36785009 Daniel Uchechi: Boreham Wood sign Nigerian forward]</ref> Uchechi joined Hendon for the 2017–18 season.<ref>[http://www.hendonfc.net/Squad?method=view&id=2323 Squad – Daniel Uchechi]</ref> After manager Gary McCann joined Hampton & Richmond Borough for the 2018–19 season, Uchechi followed him shortly afterwards.<ref>[http://www.hamptonfc.net/news/gary-mccann-reveals-first-crop-of-new-players-2313826.html Gary McCann Reveals First Crop of New Players]</ref> In December 2018 he joined Cray Wanderers, and then South Park in March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/appearances/daniel-uchechi/480419 |title=Appearances {{!}} Danny Uchechi |access-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233539/https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/appearances/daniel-uchechi/480419 |archive-date=30 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Uchechi scored on his debut for Hornchurch on 10 August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/hornchurch/appearances/daniel-uchechi/437865 |title=Hornchurch | Appearances | Daniel Uchechi | Football Web Pages |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810212803/https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/hornchurch/appearances/daniel-uchechi/437865 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He briefly joined Burgess Hill Town in March 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/burgess-hill-town/appearances/2019-2020/daniel-uchechi/437865|title = Burgess Hill Town | Appearances | Daniel Uchechi | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages}}</ref> before joining East Grinstead Town at the start of the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/east-grinstead-town/appearances/2020-2021/danny-uchechi/921095|title = East Grinstead Town | Appearances | Danny Uchechi | Football Web Pages}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/east-grinstead-town/appearances/2020-2021/chima-uchechi/923600|title = East Grinstead Town | Appearances | Chima Uchechi | Football Web Pages}}</ref> He re-joined Burgess Hill in August 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/burgess-hill-town/appearances/daniel-uchechi/929222|title = Burgess Hill Town | Appearances | Daniel Uchechi | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages}}</ref> before re-joining Cray two months later.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/cray-wanderers/appearances/daniel-uchechi/929222 | title=Cray Wanderers | Appearances | Daniel Uchechi | Football Web Pages }}</ref> In February 2022 he re-joined East Grinstead.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/east-grinstead-town/appearances/daniel-uchechi/936634 | title=East Grinstead Town | Appearances | Daniel Uchechi | Football Web Pages }}</ref>
==International career== Uchechi received his first international callup in the 2008 Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |author=Charlton Addickt |url=http://www.charlton.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=110940 |title=Uchechi Inspires Nigeria to International Success |publisher=Charlton.vitalfootball.co.uk |access-date=1 October 2009 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235020/http://www.charlton.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=110940 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was called up for an African Youth Championship qualifier in Senegal, and for both legs against Sudan, but had to pull out with injury. He played three games by the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup for the Nigeria national under-20 football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://de.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=311984/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324145839/http://de.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=311984/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2012 |title=FIFA.com – FIFA Spielerstatistik Danny UCHECHI |publisher=FIFA }}</ref>
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