PLAYER PROFILE / Central Midfield
Kelechi Nwakali.
Barnsley FC · Nigeria
TM 383153 · Current player profileAge today28
Recorded moves17
Peak recorded value€1.00m
Current market value€200k
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Kelechi Nwakali
- Born
- 05 Jun 1998
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Position
- Central Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 184
- Joined current club
- 12 Aug 2024
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2027
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Omonia 29 MayLast recorded move · 01 Sep 2026
- GD ChavesLast recorded move · 12 Aug 2024
- SD PonferradinaLast recorded move · 20 Jul 2023
- SD HuescaLast recorded move · 05 Apr 2022
- AD AlcorcónLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2021
- Arsenal FC U21Last recorded move · 02 Sep 2019
- FC Porto BLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2019
- MVV MaastrichtLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2018
- VVV-VenloLast recorded move · 23 Jan 2018
- Diamond Football AcademyLast recorded move · 05 Aug 2016
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | 27 | Barnsley FC | €200k |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 27 | Barnsley FC | €300k |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 27 | Barnsley FC | €400k |
| 27 Dec 2024 | 26 | Barnsley FC | €500k |
| 06 Jun 2024 | 26 | GD Chaves | €700k |
| 27 Dec 2023 | 25 | GD Chaves | €800k |
| 14 Jun 2023 | 25 | SD Ponferradina | €800k |
| 24 Mar 2023 | 24 | SD Ponferradina | €800k |
| 29 Dec 2022 | 24 | SD Ponferradina | €700k |
| 21 Apr 2022 | 23 | Not recorded | €700k |
| 21 Mar 2022 | 23 | SD Huesca | €800k |
| 27 Dec 2021 | 23 | SD Huesca | €1.00m |
| 24 Jun 2021 | 23 | AD Alcorcón | €1.00m |
| 05 Jan 2021 | 22 | SD Huesca | €700k |
| 08 Oct 2020 | 22 | SD Huesca | €300k |
| 23 Jul 2020 | 22 | SD Huesca | €300k |
| 20 Dec 2019 | 21 | SD Huesca | €300k |
| 29 Jun 2019 | 21 | FC Porto B | €250k |
| 12 Feb 2019 | 20 | FC Porto B | €300k |
| 29 Jun 2018 | 20 | MVV Maastricht | €300k |
| 17 Jan 2018 | 19 | VVV-Venlo | €300k |
| 21 Jun 2017 | 19 | MVV Maastricht | €300k |
| 02 Feb 2017 | 18 | MVV Maastricht | €100k |
| 31 Aug 2016 | 18 | MVV Maastricht | €50k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep 2026 | Barnsley FC | Omonia 29 May | Transfer | Free |
| 12 Aug 2024 | GD Chaves | Barnsley FC | Transfer | — ? |
| 20 Jul 2023 | SD Ponferradina | GD Chaves | Transfer | €250k |
| 21 Jul 2022 | Not recorded | SD Ponferradina | Transfer | — |
| 05 Apr 2022 | SD Huesca | Not recorded | Transfer | — |
| 30 Jun 2021 | AD Alcorcón | SD Huesca | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 31 Jan 2021 | SD Huesca | AD Alcorcón | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 02 Sep 2019 | Arsenal FC U21 | SD Huesca | Transfer | — ? |
| 30 Jun 2019 | FC Porto B | Arsenal FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 18 Jul 2018 | Arsenal FC U21 | FC Porto B | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2018 | MVV Maastricht | Arsenal FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 24 Jan 2018 | Arsenal FC U21 | MVV Maastricht | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 23 Jan 2018 | VVV-Venlo | Arsenal FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 31 Aug 2017 | Arsenal FC U21 | VVV-Venlo | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2017 | MVV Maastricht | Arsenal FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 31 Aug 2016 | Arsenal FC U21 | MVV Maastricht | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 05 Aug 2016 | Diamond Football Academy | Arsenal FC U21 | Transfer | €3.50m |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.