Chinedu Ede (born 5 February 1987) is a German former professional

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who played as a winger.

Career

Ede began his career with Berlin AK 07 and joined later the Reinickendorfer Füchse. In 1998 was scouted by

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. He initially played for the youth team, scoring 21 goals in 39 games for the U19, before being promoted to the senior squad on 6 April 2006. He played then two years for the senior side of

. On 21 May 2008, Ede signed a four-year contract until 30 June 2011 with

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. After playing ten matches and scoring two goals in two-and-a-half years, he left Duisburg and returned to

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to sign for Union Berlin. On 23 July 2012, he signed a four-year contract with

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until 30 June 2016. On 16 August 2014, he signed a one-year loan contract with Anorthosis Famagusta. Mainz also granted Anorthosis a subsequent purchase option. On 27 August 2015, Edu moved to

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club

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, where he signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2017. After his contract with Twente expired and an extension option was not triggered by the club, he joined Bangkok United in Thailand in June 2017. In late 2017, Edu returned to Germany and signed a contract with the

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club VSG Altglienicke. There, he eventually retired from football in the summer of 2019.

Personal life

Chinedu has a Nigerian father which made him eligible to play for

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Honours

Germany U21 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ede, Chinedu 1987 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German footballers German sportspeople of Nigerian descent Germany youth international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers German expatriate footballers Association football forwards Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf players Hertha BSC players Hertha BSC II players MSV Duisburg players 1. FC Union Berlin players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players FC Twente players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands 3. Liga players VSG Altglienicke players