Macauley Chrisantus

Macauley Chrisantus ( born August 20, 1990 in Abuja, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas in the position of striker. After he won in 2007 with the Nigerian Under-17 national team's World Cup, he was obliged by the German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. Initial experience in the professional camp he collected the second division club Karlsruher SC between 2009 and 2011.

  • 2.1 With the national
  • 2.2 Personal Awards

Career

In the club

In youth Chrisantus played in his home country of Nigeria in the Abuja FC. In 2007, the German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV undertook the youth player. An immediate change was possible because Chrisantus was officially vertragslos - the transfer of rights were at his advisor. In the first round, however Chrisantus could not be used, according to the request of the DFB to a gambling license, the striker was eligible to play for the second half of 2007/ 08. He should be brought up to the senior squad and signed in the summer for his 18th birthday a professional contract. Chrisantus had been eligible to play in his first season in Germany by a training visa in the amateur field. As this went out with the coming of age of the player, he was allowed to play in the 2008 /09 season only in the first team, where he did not, however, was used.

For the 2009/10 season he was loaned to second division club Karlsruher SC. On his league debut on the opening day he scored a few minutes after coming off the bench to hit for a 1-1 draw. As a result Chrisantus came on seven missions in the first ten games, but he was never once in the grid. Due to an assault he was locked after the 10th Round by the DFB for four games, overall he came in his first round at the Badeners on 25 missions and scored three goals. In the second division season 2010/ 11, the coach gave themselves at KSC, the jack in hand, to Markus Schupp followed Uwe Rapolder, under the Chrisantus was hardly considered. Only after the new coaching change, he was reinstated on a regular basis: In the last ten games of the season under Rainer Scharinger Christantus played nine times and contributed with four goals - a total he had eight gates leading scorer of the KSC in this round - the relegation of Karlsruher SC at.

In the summer of 2011, the Hamburger SV extended the contract with Chrisantus until 30 June 2013. To gain further match practice, but he was awarded again to a second division team, he plays for a first season for FSV Frankfurt. Matchday 6 of the second division season 2011/12 he just Karlsruher SC succeeded against his old club his first goal for the Hessians. Chrisantus counted in the first round usually starting eleven for the Black - Blue, where he was employed by coach Hans -Jürgen Boysen partly on the left flank, partly in the striker. After the Hessians occupied only 16th place at the end of 2011, another striker was committed during the winter break with Ilijan Mizanski, who was put under new coach Benno Möhlmann. Chrisantus had in the remaining game time usually with a place on the bench and short inserts content, Möhlmann considered him only twice in the starting lineup. In 26 missions he scored eight goals for the Bornheimer, with the number 13 kept the class at the end of the round.

In preparation for the 2012/13 season Chrisantus initially returned to HSV, however, should not play a role in the squad by Thorsten Fink, and are therefore given. He eventually moved to the summer break 2012 free transfer to the Spanish second division side UD Las Palmas. He signed with the club in Gran Canaria a two-year contract until 30 June 2014.

In the National Team

Not least because of the gates of Chrisantus was the Nigerian U -17, the so-called " Golden Eagles " in 2007 world champion in the U -17 World Cup in South Korea. With seven goals in seven games he was leading scorer and elected behind Toni Kroos as the second best player of the tournament. In 2009 he took part with the Nigerian U -20 team at the African Youth Championship and took it to third place, which meant at the same time to qualify for the Junior World Championships in 2009 in Egypt.

Achievements

With the national

  • U- 17 World Cup: 2007

Personal Awards

  • Golden Shoe at the U- 17 World Cup 2007
  • Silver Ball at the U- 17 World Cup 2007
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