| John Chibuike | |
| Birth Date: | 1988 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Offside, Nigeria |
| Position: | Secondary striker |
| Youthclubs1: | Enugu Rangers |
| Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs1: | Enugu Rangers |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2009–2011 |
| Clubs2: | BK Häcken |
| Caps2: | 70 |
| Goals2: | 16 |
| Years3: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs3: | Rosenborg |
| Caps3: | 66 |
| Goals3: | 19 |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs4: | Gaziantepspor |
| Caps4: | 59 |
| Goals4: | 11 |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | AIK |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Caps6: | 11 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs7: | Samsunspor |
| Caps7: | 21 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2018 |
| Clubs8: | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| Caps8: | 12 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs9: | Falkenbergs FF |
| Caps9: | 43 |
| Goals9: | 6 |
| Club-Update: | 24 February 2020 |
John Chibuike (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who played as a secondary striker.
Starting his career in Enugu Rangers and made the senior team in the 2008-2009 season, in 2009 before the start of Allsvenskan he was bought by BK Häcken. Mainly being used as a defender by Rangers, after he arrived in Häcken he has been used more as a midfielder.
John Chibuike had a quite soft start in BK Häcken, but soon spectators around the venues saw that he had something extra. During his first season – 2010 he played as a midfielder and showed both good defensive and offensive skills, especially good vision and technique. He made 27 out of 30 games during the season scoring 3 goals and making three assists.
At the start of the Allsvenskan, season 2011 it became apparent that Chibuike had improved even more. Allsvenskan topscorer – and club fellow Mathias Ranégie said he was the team’s most import important player and that he very soon could see Chibuike playing on a European top-level.[1]
On 29 August 2011, Chibuike signed a four-year contract with Norwegian side Rosenborg where he played behind a main striker.
In the summer of 2014, Chibuike moved from Rosenborg to the Turkish side Gaziantepspor, signing a four-year contract.
In August 2016, Chibuike signed for AIK.[2]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Sweden | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2009 | BK Häcken | Allsvenskan | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 25 | 7 | ||
| 2010 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 28 | 4 | ||||
| 2011 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 8 | |||
| Norway | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2011 | Rosenborg | Tippeligaen | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 7 | |||
| 2013 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | |||
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Turkey | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Gaziantepspor | Süper Lig | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 5 | ||||
| Sweden | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2016 | AIK | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 202 | 46 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 241 | 62 | |||