Chuba Amechi Akpom was born on 9 October 1995 and is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough.
29 Facts About Chuba Akpom
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Chuba Akpom has represented England at youth and under-21 international levels and in 2019, he announced he switched his international allegiance to represent Nigeria for future games.
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Chuba Akpom 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.
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Chuba Akpom came on in the third minute of injury time as a substitute for the injured Olivier Giroud.
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Chuba Akpom played the full scoreless extra time period and scored Arsenal's third penalty in the ensuing shootout, helping Arsenal to a win.
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Chuba Akpom scored three goals in four UEFA Youth League appearances towards the end of 2013.
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The loan was thrown into doubt due to injuries suffered by Arsenal strikers Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner in early January 2014, but was completed on 9 January, with Chuba Akpom signing for a month.
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Chuba Akpom missed the first match of his loan through illness and Warburton stressed that Akpom would have to "work hard and earn his place like everyone else".
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Chuba Akpom came on for Will Grigg after 68 minutes and provided a cross for Clayton Donaldson in the dying moments, which went unconverted.
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Chuba Akpom made his first Premier League appearance of the season against Southampton on New Year's Day 2015.
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On 4 February 2015, Chuba Akpom spurned the interest of a number of other clubs from the Premier League and across Europe to sign a new.
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On 4 August 2015, Chuba Akpom joined Championship side Hull City on a season-long loan.
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Chuba Akpom made his second appearance from the bench replacing Nikica Jelavic in the 60th minute in the League Cup first round against Accrington Stanley.
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Chuba Akpom was an unused substitute in the 2016 Championship play-off final at Wembley as Hull beat Sheffield Wednesday to gain promotion to the Premier League.
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Chuba Akpom made 10 appearances where he helped The Albion gain promotion to the Premier League.
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On 31 January 2018, Chuba Akpom joined Belgian First Division A side Sint-Truiden on loan until the end of the season.
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In March 2019 the BBC said that Chuba Akpom was a key player in PAOK's title push.
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Chuba Akpom was an unused substitute on 21 April 2019 when PAOK beat already relegated Levadiakos to confirm their first Super League title in 34 years.
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Chuba Akpom scored the only goal in PAOK's 2019 Greek Cup Final win against AEK Athens.
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Chuba Akpom signed a three-year contract, with the option of a further year.
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On 5 January 2023, Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick announced that the club had exercised a twelve-month contract extension on Chuba Akpom having scored thirteen goals in twenty matches.
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Chuba Akpom played in all six games and scored two goals during England's unsuccessful 2012 European U17 Championship qualifying campaign.
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Chuba Akpom made 13 appearances in total for the U17s, and scored five goals.
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Chuba Akpom 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.
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On 13 October 2015, Chuba 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.
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Chuba Akpom scored again for the England U21 team in a UEFA Euro Under-21 Qualifier against Switzerland.
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Chuba Akpom, who is of Nigerian descent, is still eligible to represent Nigeria.
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Chuba Akpom has recently been selected for the England under-21s for the UEFA European Championship qualifier against Norway on Tuesday 6 September 2016.
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On 28 March 2017, Chuba Akpom was reportedly close to switching to Nigeria alongside Ola Aina of Chelsea after discussions with Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick.