Chuma Anene

Chuma Emeka Uche Anene (born 14 May 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who is a striker for FC Midtjylland.

Chuma Anene
Anene after scoring twice for Crewe at Stevenage (December 2019)
Personal information
Full name Chuma Emeka Uche Anene[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Midtjylland
Youth career
0000–2000 Holmlia
2001–2010 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Vålerenga 24 (3)
2012 → Ullensaker/Kisa (loan) 5 (0)
2013 → Stabæk (loan) 12 (4)
2014 Ullensaker/Kisa 14 (2)
2014–2015 Rabotnichki 29 (9)
2015–2017 Amkar Perm 24 (2)
2017–2018 Kairat 29 (8)
2018 Fredericia 7 (0)
2019– Midtjylland 0 (0)
2019 → Fredericia (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Jerv (loan) 15 (5)
2019–2020 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 28 (7)
National team
2009 Norway U16 6 (5)
2010 Norway U17 7 (2)
2012 Norway U19 1 (0)
2012 Norway U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2020

Early life

Anene was born in Oslo[2] to parents of Nigerian heritage, and grew up at the borough of Holmlia, and played at the same team as players like Mohammed Fellah, Ohi Omoijuanfo, Mathis Bolly, Adama Diomande, Haitam Aleesami and Akinsola Akinyemi.[3]

Club career

Anene was brought to Vålerenga from Holmlia SK at the age of 16. He signed a professional contract at Vålerenga before the 2012 season, after making the debut in the 2011 season. He can play both as a striker and winger in Vålerenga's playing style.[4] At 27 November 2011, he scored his first goal in Tippeligaen against Stabæk.[5]

During the first half of the 2013 season, Anene played four matches for Vålerenga in the Tippeligaen. In August 2013 he joined Stabæk, then a second-tier team, on loan to the end of the season, with an option to buy.[6] He scored a goal in his debut for Stabæk on 11 August 2013 when Strømmen was beaten 3–2.[7] In 2014, he signed for Ullensaker/Kisa.[8]

In the summer of 2015, he moved to the Russian Football Premier League side FC Amkar Perm. On 20 September 2015, on his Amkar debut, he scored a goal, helping his new club to reach a 1-1 away draw against the defending champions FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[9]

On 13 March 2017, Amkar Perm announced that Anene had left the club to join Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kairat,[10] with Kairat confirming the signing of Anene on a two-year contract two days later.[11]

On 4 September 2018, Anene signed for Danish club FC Fredericia in the Danish 1st Division until the end of the year. But at the same time, he signed a pre-contract with Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland when his contract at Fredericia expired.[12] This deal was made as a strategy between two clubs with a good cooperation, because Midtjylland did not get to sign him before the transfer window closed, so they made Fredericia sign him for them, so he could join Midtjylland later. But despite joining Midtjylland on 1 January 2019, he stayed at FC Fredericia on loan for the rest of the season.[13] On 29 March 2019, Midtjylland decided to recall him from Fredericia, and loan him out to Norwegian club FK Jerv.[14][15]

In August 2019 he moved on loan to Crewe Alexandra,[16] and made his first team debut coming on as a second-half substitute for Chris Porter in an EFL Cup second round tie against Aston Villa at Gresty Road on 27 August.[17] He made his first start in a Crewe shirt on 3 September 2019 in an EFL Trophy tie against Burton Albion at Gresty Road,[18] and scored his first league goal on 14 September 2019, against Cambridge United at Gresty Road.[19] In November 2019, Anene was withdrawn from two games as a precaution following a head injury sustained at Northampton Town,[20] returning in December to score five goals in three games, including two in a 5-1 Crewe win at Stevenage on 21 December.[21]

International career

Anene has represented Norway at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-20 level.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 March 2020[23][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vålerenga 2010 Tippeligaen 0000––00
2011 610000–61
2012 14221––163
2013 4010––50
Total 24331----274
Ullensaker/Kisa (loan) 2011 Adeccoligaen 5010––60
Stabæk (loan) 2013 Adeccoligaen 12400––124
Ullensaker/Kisa 2014 Adeccoligaen 14233––175
Rabotnički 2014–15 1. MFL 2775020–347
2015–16 220081–103
Total 29950101--4410
Amkar Perm 2015–16 Russian Premier League 14120––161
2016–17 10120––121
Total 24240----282
Kairat 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 204404010294
2018 9400000094
Total 298404010388
FC Fredericia 2018 Danish 1st Division 7000000070
FC Midtjylland 2019 Danish Superliga 0000000000
FC Fredericia (loan) 2019 Danish 1st Division 2000000020
FK Jerv (loan) 2019 Norwegian First Division 155000000155
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2019–20[25] EFL League Two 287320040349
Career total 187402261434022747

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Crewe Alexandra" (PDF). English Football League. p. 23. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. Chuma Anene at Soccerway
  3. "Bestekompisene møtes: – Det er hat - TV 2 Sporten | Fotball". Tv2.no. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. "Spillerprofiler | Valerenga". Vif-fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. "VG Live". vglive.no. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012.
  6. Gulbrandsen, Ragnhild (8 August 2013). "Stabæk låner Vålerenga-spiss" (in Norwegian). Budstikka. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  7. Vannum, Marius (11 August 2013). "- Et kick å score i debuten" (in Norwegian). Budstikka. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  8. Sødal, Per Morten (24 February 2014). "Kan bli den nye målmaskinen". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  9. "Zenit-Amkar game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Premier League. 20 September 2015.
  10. "Чума Анене перешел в Кайрат". fc-amkar.org (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  11. "Чума Анене – игрок Кайрата". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. Strategisk samarbejde med norske færdigheder, fcm.dk, 9 September 2017
  13. Mestrene opruster: Henter landsholdsspiller hjem, ekstrabladet.dk, 21 January 2019
  14. FCM'er forlader Fredericia og rykker til Norge, bold.dk, 29 March 2019
  15. FK Jerv on Twitter, twitter.com, 29 March 2019
  16. "Chuma Anene: Crewe Alexandra sign striker from FC Midtjylland on loan". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  17. "Crewe Alexandra 1-6 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  18. Johnson, Matt (3 September 2019). "EFL Trophy Report: Crewe 1-3 Burton Albion". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  19. "Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  20. Morse, Peter (22 November 2019). "Crewe Alex striker Chuma Anene available after head injury precaution". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  21. "Stevenage 1-5 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  22. "Chuma Anene's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  23. "C.Anene". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  24. "C.Anene". nifs.no. NIFS. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  25. "Games played by Chuma Anene in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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