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]
 Chigou with FK Dukla Prague in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Chigou | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1983 | ||
| 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) |
| 2012 | →Zbrojovka Brno (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2012 | |||
Career
editItaly
editHe played for eight clubs in Italy in a period of seven years.[2] He began his football career in the 2001–02 season in the Italian Serie B with Ternana Calcio, where he played twice without scoring. After moving on, he represented clubs in Serie C1 and Serie C2.[3]
Czech Republic
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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 2009–2010 season he scored 14 goals, becoming the top goalscorer of the Czech 2. Liga together with Pavel Černý and 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 Belgian First Division club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.[12] However Chigou was not offered a contract and found himself back at Dukla at the beginning of the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga to train with the club, watching the opening game of the season against Olomouc.[13] On 25 August 2011 it was announced he had started training at Russian First Division outfit 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 Czech 2. Liga side FC Zbrojovka Brno.[15]
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
edit| 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 | |
Honours
editClub
edit- Czech 2. Liga: 2011
Individual
edit- Czech 2. Liga top goalscorer: 2010 (shared), 2011
References
edit- ^ "Pražské derby mělo černého krále" (in Czech). denik.cz. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Kamerunský útočník Chigou zlepšil přístup a táhne fotbalovou Duklu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Daniel Chigou – Carreira – stagioni, presenze, goal" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Freundschaftsspiel SV Wacker Burghausen gegen Dukla Prag endet 3:3 unentschieden" (in German). fussball.sv-wacker.de. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Dukla v Burghausenu 3:3 s Wackerem" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Dani Chigou a Petr Malý – góloví debutanti" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Rekordní výhra – 6:0 nad Fulnekem" (in Czech). fkdukla.cz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Ze Zlína odejdu, ví Kroupa, nejlepší střelec druhé ligy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Dukla i Žižkov zakončily sezonu remízou, králem střelců je Chigou" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Kamerunský kanonýr Chigou si s Duklou první ligu nezahraje" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "OH Leuven test een Kameroener" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Kamerunský kanonýr Chigou trénuje na Dukle, vrátí se?" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kanonýr Chigou opět patří Dukle, na jaře ale bude hostovat v Brně" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Znojemští fotbalisté zkoušeli Chigoua. Dal gól, přesto neuspěl" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Romanian Soccer – History and Statistics – Daniel CHIGOU". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
External links
edit- Dani Chigou – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Dani Chigou at Soccerway