Chukwuma Eze
{{short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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| fullname = Chukwuma Eze
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Oviedo B
| clubnumber = 22
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Collis Edwin SC
| youthyears2 = 2021–2022 | youthclubs2 = Oviedo
| years1 = 2022– | clubs1 = Oviedo B | caps1 = 19 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2022–2023 | clubs2 = → Llanes (loan) | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = → L'Entregu (loan) | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2025– | clubs4 = Oviedo | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 26 April 2025
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Chukwuma Eze (born 16 November 2003) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Real Oviedo Vetusta.
Career
Born in Lagos, Eze joined Real Oviedo's youth categories in August 2021, from local side Collis Edwin SC. On 9 August 2022, after finishing his formation, he moved to Tercera Federación side CD Llanes on a one-year loan deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.futbolasturiano.es/noticias13/0169.htm|title=Movimientos en Tercera|trans-title=Movements in Tercera|publisher=Futbol Asturiano|language=es|date=9 August 2022|accessdate=29 April 2025}}
On 1 September 2023, Eze moved to fellow fifth division side L'Entregu CF also in a temporary deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.lentregucf.es/eze-reforzara-la-zaga-entreguina/|title=¡Eze reforzará la zaga entreguina!|trans-title=Eze will bolster the entreguina defense!|publisher=L'Entregu CF|language=es|date=1 September 2023|accessdate=29 April 2025}} He returned to the Carbayones in July 2024, being assigned to the reserves in the same category, and renewed his contract until 2028 on 27 November of that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.realoviedo.es/en/news/eze-prolonga-su-vinculacion-con-el-real-oviedo|title=Chukwuma Eze Extends His Ties to Real Oviedo|publisher=Real Oviedo|date=27 November 2024|accessdate=29 April 2025}}
Eze made his first team debut with Oviedo on 26 April 2025, coming on as a second-half substitute for Dani Calvo in a 1–0 Segunda División home win over Levante UD.{{cite web|url=https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/azulcarbayon/2025/04/27/calambres-golpe-cabeza-debut-final-primeros-minutos-eze-oviedo/00031745755705739338802.htm|title=Calambres, una conmoción y un debut después de tres años en la casa azul: los primeros minutos de Eze en el Oviedo|trans-title=Cramps, a concussion, and a debut after three years in the blue house: Eze's first minutes at Oviedo|publisher=La Voz de Asturias|language=es|date=28 April 2025|accessdate=29 April 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|1080849}}
- {{Soccerway|chukwuma-eze/861301}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eze, Chukwuma}}
Category:Footballers from Lagos
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Tercera Federación players
Category:Real Oviedo Vetusta players
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain