Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chigozie Eze Ugwu | ||
Date of birth | 22 April 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Woking | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2011 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
2012 | → Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 9 | (4) |
2012–2013 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 15 | (3) |
2013 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2014 | Dunfermline Athletic | 14 | (7) |
2015 | Yeovil Town | 22 | (5) |
2015–2016 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | (2) |
2016– | Woking | 39 | (14) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2017 (UTC). |
Chigozie Eze "Gozie" Ugwu (born 22 April 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Woking. He made his debut in the Football League in 2012, and his debut in the Scottish Professional Football League in 2014.
Ugwu was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. He began his career with Reading and progressed through the club's academy to sign a first professional contract in June 2011. He joined Conference National side Ebbsfleet United on a one-month loan in January 2012, and made his debut in a 1–0 FA Trophy defeat at York City. Ugwu his first goal for the club in a 3–2 win at Bath City, and two more in his next three appearances, against Southport and Gateshead, before the loan was extended by a further month. He returned to Reading at the start of April to try and earn a new contract after scoring four goals in ten league and cup appearances for Ebbsfleet.
He signed a new two-year contract with Reading in July 2012 and joined League One side Yeovil Town on loan for six months. Ugwu made his debut in a 3–0 League Cup win against Colchester United in August, and scored his first two goals for Yeovil in a 4–0 win at Scunthorpe United eleven days later. He scored one more goal, against Doncaster Rovers, and returned to Reading at the start of January 2013 after making five starts and 13 substitute appearances for Yeovil. Soon after his return, Ugwu was included in a Reading match-day squad for the first time ahead of an FA Cup tie with Crawley Town. He was named among the substitutes but did not make an appearance in a 3–1 win for Reading.