Chijioke Aniagboso
Nigerian football player
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Chijioke Kingsley Aniagboso (born 15 April 2004) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ukrainian club Chornomorets Odesa.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chijioke Kingsley Aniagboso | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 2004 | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2023 | Giant Brillars | ||
| 2023–2024 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Zviahel (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | Chornomorets Odesa | 24 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Nigeria U20 | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 November 2022 | |||
Career
Aniangboso played for Giant Brillars FC in his homeland.[2] In May 2023, he joined FC Polissya Zhytomyr of the Ukrainian Premier League on a five-year deal.[3][4]
On 6 September 2024 Aniagboso joined Ukrainian Premier League side Chornomorets Odesa,[5] making his debut against LNZ Cherkasy on 28 September 2024.[6] Making his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League at the age of 20 years 166 days, Aniagboso became the youngest foreign goalkeeper in the Ukrainian national championship.[7]
International career
Aniagboso played five matches as Nigeria finished third at the 2023 AFCON U-20 championships. He captained Nigeria during the tournament when skipper Daniel Bameyi was suspended.[8] Following the tournament, he and Bameyi were called up to the senior Nigeria squad for their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches against Guinea-Bissau on March 24 and March 27, 2023 but remained an unused substitute.[9] In May 2023, he was named in the Nigeria squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10]