Chizaram Ezenwata

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Full name Chizaram Nathan-Rowland Ezenwata[1]
Date of birth (2008-09-05) 5 September 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth London, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)
Chizaram Ezenwata
Personal information
Full name Chizaram Nathan-Rowland Ezenwata[1]
Date of birth (2008-09-05) 5 September 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth London, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Chelsea
Number 73
Youth career
–2021 Tottenham Hotspur
2021–2023 Charlton Athletic
2023– Chelsea
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2025 England U17 8 (5)
2025– England U18 8 (5)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:28, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Chizaram Nathan-Rowland Ezenwata (born 5 September 2008) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chelsea.

Ezenwata was born on 5 September 2008 in London, England to a Cameroonian mother, Mbeng-Nchang Ashu Egbe and a Nigerian father, Endy Ezenwata.[2]

Club career

Ezenwata initially trained at Tottenham Hotspur Academy as a pre-teen and then spent two years with Charlton Athletic.[3] After impressing during his stint there, Ezenwata joined the youth academy of Premier League side Chelsea in 2023.[3][4]

International career

Ezenwata is an England youth international. During November 2025, he played for England under-17 at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[3] He scored a Hat-trick during the group stage victory against Haiti.[3][5] Ezenwata started their knockout phase victory over South Korea and was then an unused substitute in their next match as England were eliminated at the round of sixteen by Austria.[6][7]

Style of play

Ezenwata plays as a forward. The Athletic wrote in 2025 that he "is a stocky, muscular striker who uses his body well to hold off defenders... he demonstrated he certainly has an end product to his game".[3]

Career statistics

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