Chuba Akpom

Chuba Akpom

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Arsenal

Akpom joined Arsenal at the age of six. 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. 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. 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 and another in Arsenal's final game of the tour against Urawa Red Diamonds. 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. 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. 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…

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. 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. On 2 August 2011, Akpom made his U17 debut, scoring once in 4–0 win over the Faroe Islands. 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. On 6 September 2012, Akpom made his England U19 debut in a 3–1 defeat to Germany. He scored his first goal for the U19s on 26 September 2012, in a 3–0 2013 European U19 Championship qualifying win over Estonia. 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 an 87th-minute substitute to score a brace against Netherlands U20 in a 3–2 victory. 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. 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…

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2026

Club
PAOK FC (2018–2020)
Club
Middlesbrough F.C. (2020–)
League
Premier League
National team
England
Club
Leeds United F.C. (2017–2018)
Club
Arsenal F.C. (2013–2018)
Club
Brentford F.C. (2014–2014)
Club
Coventry City F.C. (2014–2014)
Club
Nottingham Forest F.C. (2015–2015)
Club
Hull City A.F.C. (2015–2016)
Club
England national under-16 association football team (2011–2011)
Club
England national under-17 association football team (2011–2012)
Club
England national under-19 association football team (2012–2014)
Club
England national under-20 association football team (2014–)
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England national under-21 association football team (2015–)
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Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. (2017–2017)

Legacy

Honours

Hull City

Football League Championship play-offs: 2016 Brighton & Hove Albion

EFL Championship runner-up: 2016–17 PAOK

Super League Greece: 2018–19 Greek Cup: 2018–19; runner-up: 2021–22 Ipswich Town

EFL Championship runner-up: 2025–26 Individual

PFA Championship Player's Player of the Year: 2022–23 EFL Championship Player of the Season: 2022–23 EFL Championship Team of the Season: 2022–23 PFA Team of the Year: 2022–23 Championship EFL Championship Golden Boot: 2022–23 EFL Championship Player of the Month: December 2022 Middlesbrough Player of the Year: 2022–23 Middlesbrough Players' Player of the Year: 2022–23

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Identifiers & aliases
Position

centre-forward

Description

English association football player

Extract from Wikipedia

Chuba Amechi Akpom is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Ipswich Town.

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