[1] He played grassroots football for a couple of years with Lace FC, a club based in Tottenham, North London.
[9] Following this, he received interest from Newcastle United,[1][10] before subsequently joined Coventry City on a trial in July 2021,[11][12] playing in a pre-season match with the U23s against Leamington.
[13] In August 2019, Chima was loaned by Burnley to Steeton, a club in the North West Counties Football League Division One South, until the end of September.
[18] However, just ten days later, he made a permanent switch to Southern League Premier South side Harrow Borough.
[19] Soon after again, he moved to Southern League Premier Central club Kings Langley on 30 September,[20] scoring on his debut on 1 October, in a match against Bromsgrove Sporting.