Chinonso Emeka

{{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{{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}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|8|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Warri, Nigeria

| height = 1.97 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = AS Trenčín

| clubnumber = 9

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2021

| youthclubs1 = Water FC

| youthyears2 = 2021

| youthclubs2 = Gent

| years1 = 2021–2022

| clubs1 = Gent

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2022–

| clubs2 = AS Trenčín

| caps2 = 45

| goals2 = 14

| pcupdate = 1 January 2025

| ntupdate =

}}

Chinonso Emeka (born 30 August 2001) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Slovak side AS Trenčín.{{Soccerway|chinonso-emeka/611229}}

Club career

Emeka made his Belgian First Division A debut for Gent on 22 May 2021 in a game against Mechelen.{{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}} On October 13, 2022, Emeka transferred to current club AS Trenčín in the Slovakian First League.

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.{{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}}

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