{"id":8462,"date":"2022-09-15T23:57:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T23:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8462"},"modified":"2022-09-15T23:57:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T23:57:28","slug":"samuel-chukwueze-biography","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Chukwueze Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Life &amp; Education&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chukwueze was born on the 22nd of May, 1999, in Abia State, which falls in the southeastern part of <a href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/editorial\/list-of-nigerian-medal-winners-at-the-2022-commonwealth-games\/\">Nigeria<\/a>. He had his secondary school education at <strong>Government College Umuahia<\/strong> and <strong>Evangel Secondary School<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chukwueze moved from the nearby <strong>Diamond Football Academy<\/strong> to <strong>Villarreal CF<\/strong> youth club in 2017. He was initially allocated to the club&#8217;s Juvenil A team, but on April 15, 2018, he made his senior debut with the reserves when he replaced <strong>Sergio Lozano<\/strong> in the second half of a 1-1 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B road draw against CE Sabadell FC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 20, 2018, Chukwueze scored his first goal as a senior, scoring his team&#8217;s second goal in a 3-1 away victory over Bilbao Athletic. In his debut season, he made a contribution by scoring twice in 11 games, but his team was unable to advance to the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 20, 2018, Chukwueze made his first-team debut for the 2018\u201319 <strong>UEFA Europa League<\/strong>, taking <strong>Nicola Sansone<\/strong>&#8216;s place in a 2-2 home draw against Rangers. On November 5, 2018, he also made his <strong>La Liga<\/strong> debut, appearing for the entire 90 minutes of his team&#8217;s 1-1 home tie with <strong>Levante<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received the 2018 Young Player of the Year award from the <strong>Nigeria Football Federation<\/strong> in April 2019. Chukwueze scored the equalizer for 1-1 in the 88th minute of the second leg of the 2021\u201322 <strong>UEFA Champions League<\/strong> quarterfinal away to <strong>Bayern Munich<\/strong> on April 12, 2022, advancing Villarreal to the semifinals of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2018, after representing Nigeria at the under-17 level, he was first called up to the senior team. On November 20, 2018, he started his senior national team debut for Nigeria in a goalless-friendly draw with Uganda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samuel Chukwueze received invitations to play for Nigeria&#8217;s senior team at the Africa Cup of Nations and the under-20 squad at the Under-20 World Cup in May 2019. He participated in the Africa Cup of Nations, which was held in Egypt, and he scored his first goal as a senior in Nigeria&#8217;s 2-1 quarterfinal victory over South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Villarreal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2020\u201321: UEFA Europa League<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nigeria U17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2015: FIFA U-17 World Cup&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Individual<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2016: MCL Cup Most Valuable Player&nbsp;<\/li><li>2016: DFA Most Influential Player of the Year&nbsp;<\/li><li>2015: FIFA U-17 World Cup: Bronze Boot<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Net Worth&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to different sources online, Samuel Chukwueze\u2019s net worth is estimated at around <strong>$5 million<\/strong>. He accumulated his wealth from his football career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media Handles&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Samuel Chukwueze has verified accounts on both Instagram and Twitter with 291,000 followers and 66,800 followers respectively. You can follow him through the following social media handles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Instagram: @chukwuezesamuel8<\/li><li>Twitter: @chukwueze_8<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[858,856],"class_list":["post-8462","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-football-soccer","biography_category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Samuel Chukwueze Biography | Naijabiography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Samuel Chukwueze is a talented Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Villarreal and the Super Eagles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samuel Chukwueze Biography | Naijabiography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samuel Chukwueze is a talented Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Villarreal and the Super Eagles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Naijabiography Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-15T23:57:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1070\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/\",\"name\":\"Samuel Chukwueze Biography | Naijabiography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-15T23:57:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-15T23:57:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Samuel Chukwueze is a talented Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Villarreal and the Super Eagles.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1070,\"caption\":\"Samuel Chukwueze\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Biographies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Samuel Chukwueze Biography\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\",\"name\":\"Naijabiography Media\",\"description\":\"Sharing stories about people, events and culture. Explore the online encyclopedia with many biographies, history, culture articles, video, Quiz\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Naijabiography Media\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png\",\"width\":193,\"height\":32,\"caption\":\"Naijabiography Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Samuel Chukwueze Biography | Naijabiography","description":"Samuel Chukwueze is a talented Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Villarreal and the Super Eagles.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Samuel Chukwueze Biography | Naijabiography","og_description":"Samuel Chukwueze is a talented Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Villarreal and the Super Eagles.","og_url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/","og_site_name":"Naijabiography Media","article_modified_time":"2022-09-15T23:57:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1070,"url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/","name":"Samuel Chukwueze Biography | Naijabiography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-15T23:57:25+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-15T23:57:28+00:00","description":"Samuel Chukwueze is a talented Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Villarreal and the Super Eagles.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown_278385126_121426773653197_56027767437189515_n.jpg","width":1080,"height":1070,"caption":"Samuel Chukwueze"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/samuel-chukwueze-biography\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Biographies","item":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Samuel Chukwueze Biography"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/","name":"Naijabiography Media","description":"Sharing stories about people, events and culture. Explore the online encyclopedia with many biographies, history, culture articles, video, Quiz","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization","name":"Naijabiography Media","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png","width":193,"height":32,"caption":"Naijabiography Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"biography_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography_category?post=8462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}