Chima Onyeike

Chima Onyeike
Personal information
Full nameChima Michail Onyeike[1]
Date of birth21 June 1975
Place of birthZeist, Netherlands
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
DEV
WGW
HRC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998HFC Haarlem69(11)
1998–2000Dordrecht60(26)
2000–2002Excelsior30(1)
2000–2001VVV-Venlo (loan)24(6)
2002–2003TOP Oss34(10)
2003–2004Dordrecht31(9)
2004–2005Cambuur9(2)
Quick Boys
Total257(65)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Chima Michail Onyeike (born 21 June 1975) is a Dutch association football coach and former professional player.

Early and personal life

Onyeike was born in Zeist, Netherlands; his father is Nigerian.[1] His brother Obi is also a footballer; both brothers have played for FC Dordrecht.[2]

Career

Playing career

Born in Zeist, Onyeike played for DEV, WGW, HRC, HFC Haarlem, Dordrecht, Excelsior, VVV-Venlo, TOP Oss, Cambuur and Quick Boys.[3][4][5] After leaving Dordrecht in the summer of 2004, he went on trial with Volendam in September 2004.[6] He then signed for Cambuur in October 2004.[7]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Onyeike attended a sport's university to obtain his diploma in fitness.[1] He then began work as a personal training, working with players such as Roy Makaay and Aleksandr Kerzhakov.[1]

In July 2011 he became the fitness coach at Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.[5][8][9]

In June 2013 he became the fitness coach at Greek club PAOK.[1] On 25 November 2014 he started to work as fitness coach for VfB Stuttgart.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Νέος γυμναστής ο Chima Michail Onyeike" (in Greek). PAOK F.C. 18 June 2013.
  2. "Stroeve start FC Dordrecht" (in Dutch). FC Dordrecht. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. "Profile" (in Dutch). Ronald Zwiers. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Chima Onyeike wordt fysiek trainer in Russisch profvoetbal" (in Dutch). Quick Boys. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. "Chima Onyeike op proef bij FC Volendam" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  7. "Onyeike moet redding brengen bij Cambuur" (in Dutch). Friesch Dagblad. 12 October 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  8. "Physiotherapist Arno Philips signs contract with Anzhi Makhachkala". Sports.ru. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  9. "PSV ziet trainer zelfde pad bewandelen als Dzsudzsák" (in Dutch). Voetbal Centraal.
  10. ""It’s tingling again"". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.