Summary
Carney Chukwuemeka, a Borussia Dortmund midfielder who has previously played for Aston Villa and Chelsea, has played 97 senior games but hasn't completed a full 90 minutes in any of them. The trend of not completing full matches is linked to the increase of allowed substitutions in football, which changed from three to five after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Key Facts
- Carney Chukwuemeka has made 97 senior appearances in football but never played a full 90-minute game.
- He made his debut for Aston Villa at the end of the 2020-21 Premier League season.
- Chukwuemeka has played 16 games for Aston Villa, 32 for Chelsea, and 49 for Borussia Dortmund.
- The rule change to allow five substitutions was made permanent after initially being introduced as a temporary measure due to Covid-19.
- The Premier League initially resisted the five-substitution rule but adopted it like other European leagues by the 2022-23 season.
- Since the rule change, fewer players in Europe’s top leagues play the full 90 minutes of a match.
- From 2014-19, with only three substitutions allowed, all players with 50+ matches had played a full game at least once.
- Randy Nteka, another player, has played more than 106 league matches without completing a full game, similar to Chukwuemeka.
