{{short description|Nigerian footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | fullname = Gerald Chibueze Diyoke | name = Gerald Diyoke | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|03|11}} | birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Trnje | clubnumber = 28 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014 | youthclubs1 = Abuja Football College Academy | youthyears2 = 2014 | youthclubs2 = Rijeka | years1 = 2014–2019 | clubs1 = Rijeka | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2014–2016 | clubs2 = → Rijeka II | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = → Šibenik (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = → Krško (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = → Dugopolje (loan) | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2019 | clubs6 = Brežice 1919 | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2020–2023 | clubs7 = Cibalia | caps7 = 70 | goals7 = 10 | years8 = 2023 | clubs8 = Kustošija | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2024 | clubs9 = Jarun | caps9 = 14 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2024–2025 | clubs10 = Zagreb | caps10 = 24 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2025– | clubs11 = Trnje | caps11 = 12 | goals11 = 0 | club-update = 9 November 2025 }}
'''Gerald Chibueze Diyoke''' (born March 11, 1996) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for NK Trnje.
==Club career== Gerald moved to Rijeka in early 2014 from its affiliate in Nigeria, the Abuja Football College Academy, following in the footsteps of several of his compatriots. In April 2014, he signed his first contract with HNK Rijeka that ties him with the club until the end of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/potpisao-gerald-diyoke/ |title=HNK Rijeka |access-date=2016-02-11 |archive-date=2017-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208195612/http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/potpisao-gerald-diyoke/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In his first season with the club, Gerald played for Rijeka Reserves in the Croatian Third Football League. With 28 appearances, he was the most capped Rijeka II player during 2014–15. In the first half of the 2015–16 season, Gerald was a regular starter for Rijeka II, missing only one match due to suspension.
In January 2016, Gerald was one of several Rijeka II players who were brought in to the first-team's pre-season training camp in Dubai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/hnk-rijeka-pocela-s-pripremama-cilj-je-prvo-mjesto/ |title=HNK Rijeka |access-date=2016-02-11 |archive-date=2016-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215232911/http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/hnk-rijeka-pocela-s-pripremama-cilj-je-prvo-mjesto/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was capped in four of Rijeka’s mid-season friendlies and subsequently included in the first-team squad. On 14 May 2016, he made his official debut for the first team, when he entered as a substitute in a home win against Istra 1961 in the final round of the 2015–16 Croatian First Football League.<ref>[http://hrnogomet.com/hnl/utakmica.php?id=6252 hrnogomet.com]</ref> In January 2017, Gerald was loaned to HNK Šibenik in Croatian Second Football League until the end of the season.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{CFF player|354092/gerald-chibueze-diyoke}} *{{hrnogomet|3146|Gerald Diyoke}} *{{Soccerway|gerald-chibueze-diyoke/436389}} *[http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/player/gerald-chibueze-diyoke/ HNK Rijeka player profile] {{in lang|hr}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diyoke, Gerald}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Kaduna Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:HNK Rijeka players Category:HNK Rijeka II players Category:HNK Šibenik players Category:NK Krško Posavje players Category:NK Dugopolje players Category:NK Brežice 1919 players Category:HNK Cibalia players Category:Croatian Football League players Category:First Football League (Croatia) players Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players Category:Slovenian Second League players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen