Chukwunyeaka Osondu "Chukki" Eribenne (born 2 November 1980) is an English former professional

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Career

Born in

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, Eribenne began his career at

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

but didn't make an appearance for the first team. He joined

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth ( ) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. ...

in 2000 and scored on his debut against

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...

, but didn't score any further goals for the club. He had a loan spell at Hereford where he scored twice; both goals coming in a

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defeat to

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the c ...

. He subsequently moved to Havant & Waterlooville, for whom he was Player of the Year in 2003–04 In summer 2004 Eribenne signed for Weymouth. He was Weymouth's joint top scorer in 2005–06 with 13 goals as they won promotion to the

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. He later moved to

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former ...

, before signing for

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. The club compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1946 from the merger ...

. He was released at the end of the 2007–08 and went to

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional association football club from Sutton, South London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Sutton started out playing in junior, ...

. Daish reshuffles Ebbsfleet squad
BBC Sport After one season at Sutton, Eribenne moved back to the Midlands and signed for his local club Hinckley United. After a season with Hinckley, Eribenne moved on to Ilkeston Town. His short spell was brought to an end after the club dissolved.

Honours

Conference South The National League South, officially Vanarama National League South, is a professional Association football league in England. National League South is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 of the NLS and sixth-highest ti ...

: 2006 *

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

: 2008

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eribenne, Chukki 1980 births Living people Footballers from the City of Westminster People from Westminster English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Coventry City F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Hereford United F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Hinckley United F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players English Football League players National League (English football) players Helsingborgs IF players 21st-century English sportsmen