Ikechukwu Kalu ti won bi ni ojo kejidinlogun, osu kerin ni 1984 je agbaboolu Naijiria to gba boolu gege bi Olutayo. Oruko e Ikechukwu, tunmo si "agbara oluwa”. O bere ise e ni Jasper United ni Nàìjíríà. O tewo bowe pelu U.C. Sampdoria ni summer 2002. Leyin to gba fun akoko kan ni Genoa, A.C. tewo bowe pelu ni summer 2003 pelu apapo-nini fun €1 million, ati o ri Luca Antonini sun si odi keji ni apapo-nini idaradura (fun €2 million), won ya lo si Pisa and Chiasson. O gba goolu mejidinlogbon in 44 games ni akoko meji ni Swiss second division, which saw Sampdoria recall him in summer 2007. He made his Serie A debut on 10 November 2007 against Empoli F.C. Ni osu kefa 2008, Sampdoria gbe Kalu pada lati Milan fun €250,000 ati ni akoko yii tewo bowe pelu Paolo Sammarco fun €2.5 million. Igba to tun ya, won ta a fun awon ara Swiss fun, egbe a-gba-boolu AC Bellinzona fun€400,000. "Ikechukwu - Nigerian.Name". www.nigerian.name (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì).