Chidi Onyemah

Chidi Onyemah
Personal information
Full name Philip Chidi Onyemah
Date of birth (1984-02-20) 20 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brito
Youth career
1997–2000 Delta United
2000–2002 Fornos Algodres
2002–2003 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Famalicão
2005–2010 Rio Ave 140 (18)
2010–2013 Olympiakos Nicosia 79 (20)
2013 Platanias 4 (0)
2013–2014 Ethnikos Achna 35 (12)
2014 Nea Salamina 12 (1)
2015 Famalicão 12 (1)
2015–2016 ENAD 22 (9)
2016–2018 Brito 14 (3)
2018– Ninense 21 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2015

Philip Chidi Onyemah (born 20 February 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Ninense as a forward.

Club career

Born in Lagos, Onyemah moved to Portugal still in his early teens, beginning his career with amateurs Associação Desportiva Fornos de Algodres. In 2002 he signed with FC Porto, where he finished his formation.

In the 2003 summer, Onyemah joined F.C. Famalicão, appearing in two fourth division seasons with the team and impressing enough to earn a move straight into the Primeira Liga with Rio Ave FC. He played 33 games in his first year (four goals), with the Vila do Conde side eventually being relegated.

Onyemah scored another four goals in 2007–08 to help Rio Ave return to the top level. In November 2008 he was on trial with Romania's FC Timişoara,[1] but nothing came of it.

Onyemah appeared regularly for Rio Ave in the following two seasons – 28 starts combined – helping the club consecutive maintain its league status whilst contributing with three goals combined. In early July 2010 he moved to Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus, freshly promoted to the First Division.[2]

References

  1. ^ "FC Timișoara/ Prezentare, lot de jucatori, hepalmares" [FC Timișoara/ Presentation, players, honours] (in Romanian). Sport Magazin. 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. ^ Onyemah moves to Cyprus; All Africa, 7 July 2010