Chinedu Ede

Chinedu Ede
Ede training with Hertha BSC in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-05) 5 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Berlin-Wilmersdorf, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1993–1998 Berliner AK
1998 Reinickendorfer Füchse
1998–2005 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Hertha BSC II 55 (13)
2006–2008 Hertha BSC 19 (1)
2008–2009 MSV Duisburg 24 (1)
2010–2012 Union Berlin 80 (11)
2012–2015 Mainz 05 9 (1)
2014 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) 5 (0)
2014–2015 → Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) 22 (3)
2015–2017 Twente 48 (6)
2017 Bangkok United 7 (1)
2018–2019 VSG Altglienicke 33 (7)
Total 302 (43)
International career
2003–2004 Germany U17 10 (0)
2004–2005 Germany U18 4 (2)
2005–2006 Germany U19 10 (5)
2006–2007 Germany U20 3 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U21 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chinedu Ede (born 5 February 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Career

Ede began his career with Berlin AK 07 and joined later the Reinickendorfer Füchse.[1] In 1998 was scouted by Hertha BSC.[2] He initially played for the youth team, scoring 21 goals in 39 games for the U19, before being promoted to the senior squad on 6 April 2006.[2] He played then two years for the senior side of Hertha BSC. On 21 May 2008, Ede signed a four-year contract until 30 June 2011 with MSV Duisburg. After playing ten matches and scoring two goals in two-and-a-half years, he left Duisburg and returned to Berlin to sign for Union Berlin.[3]

On 23 July 2012, he signed a four-year contract with 1. FSV Mainz 05 until 30 June 2016.[4] On 16 August 2014, he signed a one-year loan contract with Anorthosis Famagusta.[5] Mainz also granted Anorthosis a subsequent purchase option.[6]

On 27 August 2015, Edu moved to Eredivisie club Twente, where he signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2017.[7][8] After his contract with Twente expired and an extension option was not triggered by the club, he joined Bangkok United in Thailand in June 2017.[9]

In late 2017, Edu returned to Germany and signed a contract with the Regionalliga Nordost club VSG Altglienicke.[10] There, he eventually retired from football in the summer of 2019.[11]

Personal life

Chinedu has a Nigerian father which made him eligible to play for Nigeria.[12]

Honours

Germany U21

References

  1. ^ "Geschichte". Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf e. V. (in German). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022. Bekannte (ehemalige) Spieler [...] Chinedu Ede (deutscher Jugendnationalspieler, Profifußballer u. a. beim 1. FC Union Berlin und Hertha BSC)
  2. ^ a b Behnisch, Ilja (17 February 2022). "Er war der Einzige, der mir etwas sagen durfte": Die besondere Freundschaft von Boateng und Ede | DAZN News Deutschland". DAZN (in German). Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Ede, Chinedu" (in German). kicker.de. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Chinedu Ede wird ein Nullfünfer" (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Chinedu Ede's Transfer". Anorthosis Famagusta. 16 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Ede geht nach Zypern" [Ede moves to Cyprus] (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Ede geht zu Twente Enschede". 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Chinedu Ede naar FC Twente". FC Twente (in Dutch). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Chinedu Ede jetzt bei Bangkok United, Thailand". Der Farang (in German). 12 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Altglienicke holt Ex-Bundesligaprofi Ede". kicker (in German). 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018.
  11. ^ France, Sam (1 May 2020). "I hated football – Ozil & Neuer's former international team-mate admits playing Bundesliga games on drugs | Goal.com". GOAL. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
  12. ^ Alaka, Babajide (25 July 2012). "Germany-born Nigerian Chinedu Ede signs four-year contract with Mainz 05 | Goal.com". GOAL. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.