Christian Obumeneme Madu (born 9 July 1993) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as

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for Lobi Stars.

Early life and career

Christian was born in Udi Local Government Area of

Enugu State Enugu () verbally pronounced as "Enụgwụ" by the Igbo indigenes is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi, Ebonyi State to the east and southeast, Abia State to the so ...

on 9 July 1993. He grew up in

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temporarily where he lived with his parents before relocating to

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. While he was in Oji River he attended Federal Co-operative College and graduated with an OND in 2012. Christian began his football career during his childhood days, after finishing from college in 2012 he started playing football full-time. In 2014, he signed a four-year contract with

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and started playing professional football and won Enugu Ranger player of the month in the 2015-16 season. In 2017, while still playing for the Enugu Rangers Christian was absent from matches and trainings for several weeks without official notification to the team and following his absence the management of Enugu Rangers issued a statement that Christian had gone "

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". During that period they were rumors he had signed another team. In August 2018, Christian's contract with Enugu Rangers expired and he signed a new contract with Portuguese team

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. His new contract with

is a four-year deal. Madu left the club by mutual consent on 10 January 2019.NACIONAL RESCINDE COM CHRISTIAN MADU
jm-madeira.pt, 10 January 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madu, Christian Living people 1993 births Footballers from Enugu State Nigerian men's footballers Rangers International F.C. players C.D. Nacional players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen Nigerian expatriate men's footballers