Chima Michail Onyeike (born 21 June 1975) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player.

Early and personal life

Onyeike was born in

Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year ...

, Netherlands; his father is Nigerian. His brother Obi is also a footballer; both brothers have played for FC Dordrecht.

Career

Playing career

Born in

, Onyeike played for DEV, WGW, HRC,

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 198 ...

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

Excelsior Excelsior, a Latin comparative word often translated as "ever upward" or "even higher", may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * ''Excelsior'' (Macedo ...

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

, Cambuur and Quick Boys. After leaving Dordrecht in the summer of 2004, he went on trial with

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location ...

in September 2004. He then signed for Cambuur in October 2004.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Onyeike attended a sport's university to obtain his diploma in fitness. He then began work as a personal training, working with players such as Roy Makaay and Aleksandr Kerzhakov. In July 2011, he became the fitness coach at Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. In June 2013, he became the fitness coach at Greek club PAOK. On 25 November 2014 he started to work as fitness coach for

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. Vf ...

References

1975 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Nigerian descent People from Zeist Men's association football forwards HFC Haarlem players FC Dordrecht players Excelsior Rotterdam players VVV-Venlo players TOP Oss players SC Cambuur players Quick Boys players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Russia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece PAOK FC non-playing staff Footballers from Utrecht (province) Association football coaches {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub