Chuba Akpom

Chuba Akpom

Akpom playing for Arsenal U21 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Chuba Amechi Akpom[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995[2]
Place of birth Canning Town, England[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Playing position Striker[2]
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 32
Youth career
2002–2013 Arsenal[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Arsenal 4 (0)
2014 → Brentford (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Coventry City (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 7 (0)
2015–2016 → Hull City (loan) 36 (3)
National team‡
2011 England U16[5] 2 (0)
2011–2012 England U17[5] 13 (5)
2012–2014 England U19[5] 13 (6)
2014–2015 England U20[5] 11 (6)
2015– England U21[5] 4 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:28, 15 September 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:28, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Chuba Amechi Akpom (born 9 October 1995) is an English professional footballer of Nigerian descent who plays as a striker and center forward for Arsenal. He has represented England at youth international levels.

Club career

Arsenal

Akpom joined Arsenal at the age of six.[6][7] He made his debut for the Arsenal U18 side at the age of 15, and signed his first professional contract with Arsenal on 10 October 2012, a day after turning 17.[7][8] In December 2012 Akpom received his first call into the Arsenal senior squad, when he was an unused substitute for a 2–1 Champions League defeat to Olympiakos.[9] He made 20 U21 Premier League appearances during the 2012/13 season and scored 13 goals, including 10 goals in 10 games in the Elite Group stage. In the lead-up to the 2013/14 season, Akpom was selected for Arsenal's pre-season tour of Asia and scored once in a 7–0 win against an Indonesia Dream Team, two more in a 7–1 win against Vietnam[10][11][12] and another in Arsenal's final game of the tour against Urawa Red Diamonds.[13] Akpom made his competitive debut in a 3–1 Premier League win over Sunderland on 14 September 2013. He came on in the third minute of injury time as a substitute for the injured Olivier Giroud.[14] Akpom was an unused substitute for the following game against Marseille in the Champions League. Akpom's second Arsenal appearance came in a League Cup third round tie away to West Bromwich Albion on 25 September. He replaced goalscorer Thomas Eisfeld after 82 minutes and with the scores at 1–1 at full-time, the game entered extra time. Akpom played the full scoreless extra time period and scored Arsenal's third penalty in the ensuing shootout, helping Arsenal to a win. Akpom was an unused substitute for a 2–0 Premier League win over Liverpool on 2 November. He scored three goals in four UEFA Youth League appearances towards the end of 2013. Akpom scored a hattrick in a 6–1 FA Youth Cup fourth round demolition of Peterborough United on 6 January 2014.[15]

Brentford (loan)

On 30 December 2013, it was reported that League One sides Brentford, Peterborough United, Leyton Orient and Milton Keynes Dons were in a four-way battle to sign Akpom on loan.[16] Brentford emerged as the favourites to land Akpom, due to club's head of recruitment, Shaun O'Connor, having originally signed Akpom while working for Arsenal.[16] The loan was thrown into doubt due to injuries suffered by Arsenal strikers Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner in early January 2014,[17] but was completed on 9 January, with Akpom signing for a month.[18] Manager Mark Warburton said "Chuba is strong and quick, with a very good first touch. He's greedy and enjoys scoring goals. It's his first loan spell and League One is tough, so he might take some time to adapt. It's a big jump from Under 21 football".[18]

He missed the first match of his loan through illness[19] and Warburton stressed that Akpom would have to "work hard and earn his place like everyone else".[20] Akpom made his debut in a 1–1 league draw at Walsall on 19 January.[21] He came on for Will Grigg after 68 minutes and provided a cross for Clayton Donaldson in the dying moments, which went unconverted.[22] After making four substitute appearances, his loan spell ended and he returned to Arsenal.[23] Following the return to Arsenal, Akpom appeared on Arsenal Magazine about his time at Brentford for the March issue.[24]

Coventry City (loan)

On 14 February 2014, Akpom joined League One side Coventry City on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season, with an agreement that he would rejoin the Arsenal squad for games in the FA Youth Cup and UEFA Youth League during the course of the loan.[25]

Return to Arsenal

Akpom began the 2014–15 season by scoring a hat trick for Arsenal in an Under-21 Premier League Division 2 game against West Bromwich Albion at the end of August.[26] On 23 September 2014, he made his first senior appearance of the season, replacing Héctor Bellerín for the last four minutes as Arsenal lost 1–2 at home against Southampton in the League Cup.[27] He made his first Premier League appearance of the season against Southampton on New Year's Day 2015.[28] Akpom made a telling contribution to Arsenal's 5–0 home win against Aston Villa, coming on as a second-half substitute and winning a penalty, converted by Santi Cazorla, his first assist for the club. On 4 February 2015, Akpom spurned the interest of a number of other clubs from the Premier League and across Europe to sign a new 4 1/2 year contract with Arsenal.[29][30]

Nottingham Forest (loan)

On 26 March 2015, he joined Championship club Nottingham Forest on loan till 31 May 2015.[31]

Hull City (loan)

On 4 August 2015, Akpom joined Championship side Hull City on a season-long loan.[32] Akpom made his debut for the Yorkshire based club on the opening weekend of the 2015–16 season scoring the second goal in a 2–0 home win to Huddersfield Town on 8 August.[33] Akpom made his second appearance from the bench replacing Nikica Jelavic in the 60th minute in the League Cup first round against Accrington Stanley. He scored in the 92nd minute in the first half of extra time and netted a penalty in a 4–3 shootout win for the Tigers.[34] On 30 January 2016 Akpom scored his first senior hat-trick in the FA Cup match away to Bury that Hull won 3–1.[35] Akpom was part of the 2016 Championship play-off final Hull team up against Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley, thus earning, with the Tigers being victorious upon that day, a winner's'medal as well.[36] Akpom was later returned to Arsenal where he is currently a member of the side's first team outfit.[37]

International career

On 15 February 2011 Akpom made his debut for England U16s in a friendly match against Slovenia, which ended in a 0–0 draw.[38] He second and final game for the U16s came in a 3–0 2010/11 Victory Shield win over Northern Ireland on 23 March 2011.[39] On 2 August 2011 Akpom made his U17 debut, scoring once in 4–0 win over the Faroe Islands.[40] He played in all six games and scored two goals during England's unsuccessful 2012 European U17 Championship qualifying campaign. He made 13 appearances in total for the U17s and scored five goals.[39] On 6 September 2012 Akpom made his England U19 debut in a 3–1 defeat to Germany.[41] He scored his first goal for the U19s on 26 September 2012, in a 3–0 2013 European U19 Championship qualifying win over Estonia.[42] Two days later, he scored two goals in a 6–0 win over the Faroe Islands. He played in five of England's six 2013 European U19 Championship qualifying and elite stage games and scored three goals, as England failed to qualify for the finals.

On 11 October 2014, Akpom scored his first goals for England U20 coming on as a 87th-minute substitute to score a brace against Netherlands U20 in a 3–2 victory.[43] On 13 October 2015, Akpom made his England U21 debut playing 90 minutes and scoring with the last kick of the match in a European qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[44] He scored again for the England U21 team in a UEFA Euro Under-21 Qualifier against Switzerland. England U21 won the match 3–1, with Akpom scoring in the injury time of the second half.[45]

Akpom, who is of Nigerian descent, is still eligible to represent Nigeria. In May 2016, it was reported that he was one of three players formally approached by the Nigeria Football Federation.[46]

Akpom has recently been selected for the England under 21's' for the Three Lion's UEFA European Championship qualifier against Norway on Tuesday 6 September 2016.[47]

Career statistics

As of 22 September 2016[48]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2013–14 Premier League1000100020
2014–15 Premier League3030100070
2016–17 Premier League0000100010
Total 40303000100
Brentford (loan) 2013–14 League One4000000040
Coventry City (loan) 2013–14 League One6000000060
Nottingham Forest (loan) 2014–15 Championship7000000070
Hull City (loan) 2015–16 Championship36313411[lower-alpha 1]0427
Career totals 573437110697
  1. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

Club

Hull City

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/10/2012 and 31/10/2012". The Football Association. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chuba Akpom". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Young Guns: Chuba Akpom". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Player profile Chuba Akpom". ESPN FC. ESPN. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chuba Akpom". The Football Association. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ahead of the curve". Arsenal F.C. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Young Guns: Chuba Akpom". Arsenal F.C. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Chuba Akpom signs first professional contract". Arsenal F.C. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Akpom, Ansah and Monteiro in Arsenal squad". Arsenal F.C. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Akpom – Tour has left me wanting more". Arsenal F.C. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Indonesia Dream Team 0 – 7 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Vietnam 1 – 7 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "Akpom goal sees Gunners to victory". ESPN FC. ESPN. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sunderland 1 – 3 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "Peterborough United Youth Academy 1 – 6 Arsenal Youth Academy". Arsenal F.C. 6 January 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Brentford line up loan swoop for Arsenal striker". Get West London. 30 December 2013.
  17. ↑ Brentford's bid to sign Arsenal striker in doubt after Walcott injury – Get West London
  18. 1 2 "Brentford confirm Akpom deal". Get West London. 9 January 2014.
  19. ↑ Chuba Akpom [cakpom9] (11 January 2014). "Chuba Akpom misses match against Port Vale due to injury" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 September 2014 – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "Brentford boss fires warning to Arsenal striker". Get West London. 17 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "Walsall 1 – 1 Brentford". BBC Sport. 19 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "Record attempt ends but Brentford earn a point". Get West London. 18 January 2014.
  23. ↑ "CHUBA AKPOM RETURNS TO ARSENAL". Brentford F.C. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  24. ↑ "CHUBA AKPOM WRITES FOR ARSENAL MAGAZINE". Brentford F.C. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  25. ↑ "Coventry seal Akpom loan from Arsenal". Coventry City FC. 14 February 2014.
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  28. ↑ "Southampton 2 – 0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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  30. ↑ "Arsenal starlet Chuba Akpom agrees four-and-a-half year extension, shunning Liverpool and Dortmund interest". Daily Mirror.co.uk.
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  32. ↑ "Tigers Sign Akpom On Season-Long Loan From Arsenal". Hull City A.F.C. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "Hull 2 – 0 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  34. ↑ "Accrington 2–2 Hull". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  35. ↑ "Bury 1–3 Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  36. 1 2 "Hull City vs Sheff Wed". Sky Sports.com.
  37. ↑ "Chuba Akpom - Twitter". Twitter.com.
  38. ↑ "Stalemate in Slovenia". The Football Association. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  39. 1 2 TheFA.com – Chuba Akpom
  40. ↑ "Faroes hit for four". The Football Association. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  41. ↑ "Young Lions lose season opener". The Football Association. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  42. ↑ "Jordi gets England started". The Football Association. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  43. ↑ Aidy Boothroyd praise never say die attitude of U20s – England | The FA
  44. ↑ http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-City-s-Chuba-Akpom-caps-England-U21s-debut/story-27977075-detail/story.html
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  46. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (9 May 2016). "Coachless Nigeria chase trio of European players". BBC. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  47. ↑ Chuba Akpom added to squad
  48. ↑ Chuba Akpom career statistics at Soccerbase
  49. ↑ "All-Star: Arsenal's Chuba Akpom named MVP of 2016 AT&T MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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