Chibuike Nwaiwu

Chibuike Nwaiwu
Personal information
Full name Chibuike Godfrey Nwaiwu
Date of birth (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Nigeria[1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Trabzonspor
Number 27
Youth career
Borussia Digitals Sporting Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Heartland 17 (0)
2022–2024 Enyimba 43 (1)
2024–2026 Wolfsberger AC 25 (2)
2026– Trabzonspor 16 (3)
International career‡
2026– Nigeria 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:02, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:26, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Chibuike Godfrey Nwaiwu (Listenⓘ; born 23 July 2003) is a Nigerian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.

Career

Nwaiwu began his senior career in Nigeria with Heartland F.C. in 2021. On 22 October 2022, he transferred to Enyimba and helped them win the 2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League.[2] On 4 September 2024, he transferred to the Austrian Football Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC on a contract until 2027.[3] He started in the final as Wolfsberg won the 2024–25 Austrian Cup, their first ever domestic trophy.[4]

International career

On 3 March 2023, Nwaiwu was called up to the Nigeria U23s for a set of Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification matches.[5]

Honours

Enyimba
Wolfsberger AC

Trabzonspor

References

  1. ↑ Sports, Pulse (27 December 2024). "Christmas Doings: Like Osimhen, 21-year-old Nigerian footballer spotted sharing rice to women in Port-Harcourt". Pulse Sports Nigeria.
  2. ↑ Bariza, Zazi (5 October 2022). "Five key additions to the squad".
  3. ↑ Kolawole, Hashim (7 September 2024). "Wolfsberger AC Sign Enyimba Midfielder Chibuike Nwaiwu on Three-Year Deal".
  4. 1 2 Adebayo, Olusola (2 May 2025). "Chibuike Nwaiwu Makes History: Nigerian Midfielder Lifts Austrian Cup with Wolfsberger AC".
  5. ↑ Reporter, Score Nigeria (3 March 2023). "30 players called up for 2024 Olympics playoffs vs Guinea".
  6. ↑ "Trabzonspor is the 2025–2026 Ziraat Turkish Cup champion!". Trabzonspor. 22 May 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
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