Since the young Jadon Sancho’s move from the glittery Premier League stardom to Germany took his career to new heights as he joined Manchester United, seeing his development now younger players are opting to move abroad rather than stay in the Premier League, as there they would be in the reserves or loaned out. The same can be said for Chukwunonso “Noni” Tristan Madueke or who is simply known as Noni Madueke.
Career Graph
Looking at his career graph, he joined Crystal Palace at the tender age of 9. Afterwards, he joined Tottenham Hotspur, captaining the U-16 side, and made his debut for the U-18 side at only the age of 15.
Seeing such raw talent big clubs were after him in the form of Chelsea, Celtic, and Manchester United, with Man Utd going as far as believing they got their man.
But seeing Sancho as motivation, he penned the deal with PSV in the Dutch League. Had he joined one of the big clubs he would be put in the reserves side or get loaned out. Hence, he moved abroad as he knows he will get a chance to play.
Enter PSV
But as they say, that path to success is curvy and topsy, same can be said for Madueke as after his move to PSV he played for both U-17 and U-19 teams. Seeing his performance he was promoted to Jong Ajax, which is the ‘B’ team. In that too, seeing his scintillating performance, after 6 games he was promoted to PSV’s first team.
However, he was not able to show his array of talent as the 2019/20 season was bought to a premature end due to the pandemic. But all was not dull and gloomy as the Dutch club managed to rope him until 2024.
This season he has scored 3 goals and has 3 assists.
Though he plays for England U-19, having Nigerian descent means that the Africans are trying to prise him away from the three lions setup.
Season Review
Looking at his seasonal heatmap, he usually plays on the right as well as in the middle. Soon he’ll be able to play on the left with proper guidance and coaching. He is a firm player and he has self-confidence which motivates him to be a better player. He possesses raw speed with his ability to cut inside searching his way to a goal.
Looking at his seasonal heatmap, he has been deployed both as a right winger and right midfielder. It’s where he has made most of his actions in the form of passes, touches, shots taken and goal-scored.
Passing
He possesses top-quality passes. Looking at his season heatmap, he made the most touches in the opposition box, averaging 7.61 touches and that’s why he is known as an inside forward. He has made 15.7 passes per 90, taking him to 83%. He has a good range of passing as he made 4.3 passes in the opponent’s half taking him to 91%.
He created 2 big chances for his teammate to score. From the heatmap we can see that he created 2 big chances.
His ability to dribble past players at ease is worth a look as he made 3.2 dribbles per 90. He has made 10 key passes, making 1.0 passes per 90.
Assist
Madueke has made 3 assists to his name, making 0.3 assist per 90.
Looking at his seasonal heatmap we can see where he made most of his passes.
Touches made.
He made a total of 35.3 touches per 90. He made 7.61 touches per 90 in the opposition box.
From the heatmap, we can see that he made the most touches on the right wing and in the opposition box.
Goal Scoring Ability
He has taken shots 34 times, making 1.9 shots per 90, hitting the target 18 times, making 1.0 per 90. He was able to convert it to goal 3 times. He scored in every 278 minutes per 90.
Verdict
Madueke had the chance to join Manchester United as a 16 year old teen, considering he is huge supporter of Manchester United. But he opted out in favour of joining the Dutch side PSV where he could grow and hone his talents. Using Jadon Sancho as prime example Madueke decide to take the leap. Madueke has already caught attention of Arsenal. If he continues to perform at a higher level, expect big clubs lining up outside his door. We might see him in the EPL playing for a top club sooner than later.
