Dominic Chatto
Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Dominic Chatto Bashir Jamilu (born 7 December 1985 in Kaduna, Nigeria) is a football midfielder from Nigeria who plays for Falkenbergs FF in Superettan. He has played three times in Nigerian youth teams.
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Career
Club
Template:Original researchChatto started playing football in the age of six. He developed into one of the most talented players of his region and was always chosen to lead his team as a captain. Chatto learned to play football in Pepsi Football Academy in Nigeria. Before moving to Nigerian Premier League and Heartland FC he trained also in Highlanders Football Academy. In the league he succeeded so well that, in 2005, he was given a tryout in Blackburn Rovers. Eventually, he didn't get a work permit, because he hadn't played in 70 percent of national team matches. Despite this, Blackburn and Mark Hughes wanted to sign a contract and send Chatto to Cercle Brugge for a loan. Chatto refused to go to Brugge, because he would have had to wait three months to get a playing right for the Belgium league. After England, he visited Dynamo Kiev and Brøndby IF, but didn't get a contract offer. He chose to go back to Nigeria and wait for new offers from European clubs.
Inter Turku
His professional career in Europe started in 2007, when Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Inter Turku signed him. In his first season, he was voted as the third-best player in the league and was called up to the Nigerian under-23 national team. After the season, he signed a new year-long contract with the Turku-based club. In the 2008 season, Chatto was linked with a move to Slovakian FC Senec, Serbian FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade. The owner of FC Inter refused to sell without a large transfer fee and Chatto stayed in the club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the last match of the championship season Serie A club Atalanta B.C. was scouting Chatto. Some Russian league clubs were after him and also FC Inter offered him a new contract and was hoping to keep the player. After the season 2008, Chatto was voted for Veikkausliiga players' player of the season.<ref>[1]</ref>
BK Häcken
In November 2008, Chatto signed a three-year contract with just promoted Swedish club BK Häcken.<ref>[2]Template:Dead link</ref> Häcken had to pay a transfer fee to AS Racine, which still owned his rights. The transfer negotiations started when former Finnish international Janne Saarinen contacted Chatto via Facebook.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Chatto scored a goal against IF Elfsborg in a pre-season friendly.
In an interview before the Swedish season, Chatto said that Häcken is hoping for a survival in the premier division, but he hoped that they could reach a top-five place.<ref>[3]</ref> And when the season was over, Chattos wishes had come true, as Häcken finished in the fifth place in Allsvenskan
Ordabasy
On February 2016, Chatto signed a one-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Ordabasy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Falkenberg
On 10 March 2017, Chatto signed a two-year contract with Superettan side Falkenberg.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
International
He was called up for Nigerian squad for the Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia, but did not play in the team.<ref>[4] Template:Dead link</ref> Chatto was near to playing in the Olympic tournament in Beijing, but would have missed about ten matches with Inter and did not make the trip.
Career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| BK Häcken | 2009 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 121 | 0 | ||
| Bodø/Glimt | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 21 | 1 | |||
| Total | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 47 | 3 | ||
| Ordabasy | 2016 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Career total | 194 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 4 | ||
Honors
Club
- Inter Turku
- Veikkausliiga (1): 2008
- Finnish League Cup (1): 2008
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Best Player : 2008
References
External links
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- FC Inter Turku players
- BK Häcken players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Iwuanyanwu Nationale players
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
- FK Bodø/Glimt players
- FC Ordabasy players
- Tippeligaen players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- Nigerian expatriates in Finland
- Nigerian expatriates in Sweden
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
