Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lecce | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Husum Boldklub | |||
–2022 | Nordsjælland | ||
2022–2023 | Lecce | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Lecce | 32 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Denmark U18 | 2 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Denmark U19 | 5 | (2) |
2023– | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Denmark U21 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu (born 26 October 2004) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a left-back for Italian Serie A club Lecce.
Dorgu grew up in Husum, a neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he started playing football at local club Husum Boldklub alongside his brothers Ifenna and Gabriel.[1][2] Later, Dorgu was scouted to Nordsjælland's youth academy, before joining Italian club Lecce at under-19 level in July 2022.[3][4] In February 2023, he extended his contract with Lecce to 2027.[5]
For the 2023–24 season, Dorgu was moved to Lecce's senior squad. He made his debut on 13 August 2023 in a Coppa Italia game against Como.[4][6] A week later, he made his Serie A debut against Lazio.[7] He scored his first goal on 2 February 2023 in a game won against Fiorentina.
Born in Denmark, Dorgu is of Nigerian descent. He is a youth international for Denmark, having played up to the Denmark U-21s.[8]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lecce | 2023–24 | Serie A | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||
Career total | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |