Chuba Akpom, born on 9 October 1995 (age 30), is an English striker with Ipswich Town, where he wears number 29. His senior career was shaped early by loan football, the kind of stop-start education that can harden a young forward without making the path look especially tidy.
His clearest peak came at Middlesbrough in 2022-2023, when he scored 28 league goals in 38 appearances. That season gave his career a sharper definition: not just a striker of promise, but one capable of carrying a heavy scoring load over a full campaign.
Akpom is now at Ipswich Town. In 2026-2027, he has made three Premier League appearances and scored once, with another goal coming in the League Cup. Across all competitions for Ipswich, he has seven appearances and two goals.
His current market value is around £6m, according to Transfermarkt. Akpom’s career has been one of gradual accumulation rather than a straight climb, with the Middlesbrough season still standing as the main marker of his finishing level.
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