Carl Ikeme

Nigerian footballer

Carl Onora Ikeme (born 8 June 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Carl Ikeme
Ikeme playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014
Personal information
Full name Carl Onora Ikeme[1]
Date of birth (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Sutton Coldfield, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers 191 (0)
2004Accrington Stanley (loan) 3 (0)
2005–2006Stockport County (loan) 9 (0)
2009Charlton Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
2009Sheffield United (loan) 2 (0)
2010Queens Park Rangers (loan) 17 (0)
2010Leicester City (loan) 5 (0)
2011Middlesbrough (loan) 10 (0)
2011Doncaster Rovers (loan) 5 (0)
2012Doncaster Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
Total 256 (0)
National team
2015–2016 Nigeria 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ikeme spent all of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, making 207 appearances in total. He was part of the Wolves teams that won the Championship in 2009 and League One in 2014. Clubs he spent time loaned at were Accrington Stanley, Stockport County, Charlton Athletic, Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Doncaster Rovers. Although he was born and raised in England, but chose to represent Nigeria internationally. He played for the Nigeria national team ten times. In July 2017, it was stated he had acute leukaemia. He said he was in remission in June 2018. He retired from professional football the following month.[4]

Ikeme was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. His father is Nigerian.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2004–05 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2006–07 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007–08 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Championship 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
2009–10 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13 Championship 38 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 41 0
2013–14 League One 41 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 45 0
2014–15 Championship 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
2015–16 Championship 34 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 0
2016–17 Championship 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
2017–18 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 191 0 8 0 7 0 1 0 207 0
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2004–05 Conference Premier 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Stockport County (loan) 2005–06 League Two 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2009–10 League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Sheffield United (loan) 2009–10 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Queen's Park Rangers (loan) 2009–10 Championship 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Leicester City (loan) 2010–11 Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Middlesbrough (loan) 2011–12 Championship 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2011–12 Championship 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 253 0 8 0 7 0 3 0 271 0

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2015 6 0
2016 4 0
Total 10 0

Honours

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

References

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  1. "The Mons take on the Wolves". The Northern Standard. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. "Carl Ikeme". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Stone, Simon (21 September 2018). "Ex-Wolves & Nigeria keeper Carl Ikeme on cancer which took his career - and almost his life". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. "Carl Ikeme profile". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. Carl Ikeme at National-Football-Teams.com

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