![]() Chigou with FK Dukla Prague in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Chigou | ||
Date of birth | 5 July 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Limbe, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Dukla Prague | ||
Youth career | |||
2000 | Mount Cameroon F.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001 | Fovu Baham | ||
2001–2002 | Ternana Calcio | 2 | (0) |
2002–2003 | A.S. Andria BAT | 25 | (3) |
2003–2004 | Legnano Calcio | 19 | (1) |
2004 | A.C. Paternò 2004 | 12 | (4) |
2004–2005 | S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 | 8 | (0) |
2005 | Sanremese | 14 | (2) |
2005–2007 | S.S.C. Giugliano | 49 | (21) |
2007 | Nuorese | 11 | (1) |
2007 | FC Farul Constanţa | 11 | (2) |
2008 | FCM Câmpina | 0 | (0) |
2008 | Debreceni VSC | 1 | (0) |
2009–2011 | FK Dukla Prague | 62 | (37) |
2011 | Volgar-Gazprom | 2 | (0) |
2012– | Dukla Prague | 0 | (0) |
2012 | →Zbrojovka Brno (loan) | 12 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2012. |
Daniel "Dani" Chigou (born 5 July 1983) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In a journeyman career, he played for numerous clubs in Italy, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Russia. He has been compared to fellow Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o.
He played for eight clubs in Italy in a period of seven years. He began his football career in the 2001–02 season in the Italian Serie B with Ternana Calcio, where he played twice without scoring. After moving on, he represented clubs in Serie C1 and Serie C2.
In January 2009, Chigou signed for Czech club FK Dukla Prague from Hungarian side Debrecen. He made his first appearance for Dukla in a friendly match against SV Wacker Burghausen on 17 January 2009, scoring two goals. He opened his account in his second competitive game for the club, scoring a hat-trick as Dukla defeated Fotbal Fulnek by a club record score, 6–0.
In the 2009–2010 season he scored 14 goals, becoming the top goalscorer of the Czech 2. Liga together with Pavel Černý and Karel Kroupa.
Chigou started the following season, the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga, by scoring six goals in five matches and again finished the season as the division's top scorer, this time outright, with 19 goals for FK Dukla Prague. Following the end of the 2010–11 season, Chigou decided not to extend his contract and left the club.