Ange Chibozo
Beninese footballer (born 2003)
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Ange Josué Chibozo (born 1 July 2003) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Spanish Primera Federación club Unionistas on loan from French club Amiens, and the Beninese national team.
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Chibozo with Juventus U19 in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ange Josué Chibozo | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Adromè, Mono, Benin | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Unionistas (on loan from Amiens) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014−2017 | Inter Milan | ||
| 2017 | Giana Erminio | ||
| 2017−2022 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Amiens (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2023– | Amiens | 15 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Amiens B | 5 | (2) |
| 2026– | → Unionistas (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Benin | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:33, 19 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Early career
Born in Benin, Chibozo moved to Italy in 2014.[2] He started playing football aged 11 at Inter Milan's youth sector in 2014,[3][4][5] before joining Giana Erminio in January 2017.[5]
Juventus
Chibozo signed for Juventus in summer 2017.[6] On 9 October 2021, Chibozo made his unofficial debut for the first team in a 2–1 friendly win against Alessandria, coming on as substitute in the 63rd minute and scoring the winning goal 30 minutes later.[2] With eight appearances, Chibozo helped the U19s reach the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League semifinals, their best-ever placing in the competition. He scored against Malmö FF and against Zenit in the group stage and he scored against Liverpool in the quarter-finals and against Benfica in the semi-finals.[7][8] Chibozo ended the season with 21 goals scored in all competitions.[9]
Amiens
On 1 July 2022, Chibozo left Juventus and joined Ligue 2 side Amiens on a season-long loan with an obligation-to-buy[10][11] reported to be around €1 million.[12]
He subsequently made his professional debut on 30 July, coming in as a substitute for Mamadou Fofana at the 76th minute of a 3-0 league loss against Metz.[13]
On 31 January 2023, Spanish club Real Murcia announced the signing of Chibozo on loan until the end of the season.[14] However, four days later, Chibozo's agent announced that the transfer had not happened, and that the player would remain at Amiens.[15]
Paços de Ferreira (loan)
On 28 August 2023, Amiens sent Chibozo on loan to recently relegated to Liga Portugal 2 club Paços de Ferreira.[16][17]
Unionistas (loan)
On 21 January 2026, Chibozo moved on loan to Unionistas in the Spanish third-tier Primera Federación.[18]
International career
On 14 March 2022, Chibozo received his first senior call-up from the Beninese national team.[19] He then made his international debut on 27 March, featuring in a 2–1 win against Zambia.[20]
Style of play
Career statistics
External links
- Ange Chibozo at Soccerway
- Ange Chibozo at Global Sports Archive
- Ange Chibozo at National-Football-Teams.com