Gerald Diyoke
{{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 = Jarun
| clubnumber = 8
| 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
| club-update = 6 June 2024
}}
Gerald Chibueze Diyoke (born March 11, 1996) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for NK Jarun Zagreb.
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.{{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 }} 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.[http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/vijest/hnk-rijeka-pocela-s-pripremama-cilj-je-prvo-mjesto/ HNK Rijeka] 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.[http://hrnogomet.com/hnl/utakmica.php?id=6252 hrnogomet.com] 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}}
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Category:Footballers from Kaduna
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:HNK Rijeka II players
Category:NK Krško Posavje players
Category:NK Brežice 1919 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