Dani Chigou

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Dani Chigou
Chigou with FK Dukla Prague in 2011
Personal information
Full name Daniel Chigou
Date of birth (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth
Limbe, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000
Mount Cameroon F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001
Fovu Baham
2001–2002 Ternana Calcio 2 (0)
2002–2003
A.S. Andria BAT
25 (3)
2003–2004
Legnano Calcio
19 (1)
2004
A.C. Paternò 2004
12 (4)
2004–2005
S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924
8 (0)
2005
Sanremese
14 (2)
2005–2007
S.S.C. Giugliano
49 (21)
2007
Nuorese
11 (1)
2007
FC Farul Constanţa
11 (2)
2008 FCM Câmpina 0 (0)
2008 Debreceni VSC 1 (0)
2009–2011 FK Dukla Prague 62 (37)
2011
Volgar-Gazprom
2 (0)
2012– Dukla Prague 0 (0)
2012Zbrojovka Brno (loan) 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2012

Daniel "Dani" Chigou (born 5 July 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In a journeyman career, he played for numerous clubs in Italy, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Russia. He has been compared to fellow Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o.[1]

Career

Italy

He played for eight clubs in Italy in a period of seven years.

Serie C2.[3]

Czech Republic

Chigou playing for FK Dukla Prague in 2011

In January 2009, Chigou signed for Czech club FK Dukla Prague from Hungarian side Debrecen.[4] He made his first appearance for Dukla in a friendly match against SV Wacker Burghausen on 17 January 2009,[5] scoring two goals.[6] He opened his account in his second competitive game for the club,[7] scoring a hat-trick as Dukla defeated Fotbal Fulnek by a club record score, 6–0.[8]

In the

Karel Kroupa.[9]

Chigou started the following season, the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga, by scoring six goals in five matches[4] and again finished the season as the division's top scorer, this time outright, with 19 goals for FK Dukla Prague.[10] Following the end of the 2010–11 season, Chigou decided not to extend his contract and left the club.[11]

In July 2011, Chigou had a trial at

FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.[14]

In February 2012, Chigou returned to the Czech Republic, signing once more for Dukla, but immediately going on loan to

Chigou returned to Dukla in the summer of 2012 but did not feature for the first team in the first half of the season. In February 2013 he had a trial at second division

1. SC Znojmo. Despite scoring in a 4–1 friendly win against Austrian third division side Retz, Znojmo manager Leoš Kalvoda decided against signing the player.[16]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ternana Calcio 2001–02 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Fidelis Andria
2002–03 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3
Legnano
2003–04 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
Paternò
2003–04 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
Lanciano
2004–05 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Sanremese
2004–05 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
Giugliano
2005–06 32 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 14
2006–07 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 7
Total 49 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 21
Nuorese
2006–07 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Farul Constanţa
2007–08 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
Câmpina 2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Debrecen 2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dukla Prague 2008–09 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4
2009–10 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 14
2010–11 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 19
Total 62 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 37
Volgar-Gazprom
2011–12
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Brno 2011–12 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
Career total 228 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 228 74

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 June 2012[3][17]

Honours

Club

FK Dukla Prague
  • Czech 2. Liga
    : 2011

Individual

  • Czech 2. Liga
    top goalscorer: 2010 (shared), 2011

References

  1. ^ "Pražské derby mělo černého krále" (in Czech). denik.cz. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Kamerunský útočník Chigou zlepšil přístup a táhne fotbalovou Duklu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Daniel Chigou – Carreira – stagioni, presenze, goal" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Šest gólů v pěti zápasech. Duklu ve druhé lize táhne kamerunský střelec" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Freundschaftsspiel SV Wacker Burghausen gegen Dukla Prag endet 3:3 unentschieden" (in German). fussball.sv-wacker.de. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Dukla v Burghausenu 3:3 s Wackerem" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Dani Chigou a Petr Malý – góloví debutanti" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Rekordní výhra – 6:0 nad Fulnekem" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Ze Zlína odejdu, ví Kroupa, nejlepší střelec druhé ligy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Dukla i Žižkov zakončily sezonu remízou, králem střelců je Chigou" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Kamerunský kanonýr Chigou si s Duklou první ligu nezahraje" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  12. ^ "OH Leuven test een Kameroener" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Kamerunský kanonýr Chigou trénuje na Dukle, vrátí se?" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Волгарь-Газпром" пригласил нападающего из Камеруна (in Russian). donnews.ru. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Kanonýr Chigou opět patří Dukle, na jaře ale bude hostovat v Brně" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Znojemští fotbalisté zkoušeli Chigoua. Dal gól, přesto neuspěl" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  17. ^ "Romanian Soccer – History and Statistics – Daniel CHIGOU". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 1 August 2011.

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