Carl Ikeme
Carl Onora Ikeme (born 8 June 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
 Ikeme playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Onora Ikeme[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1986[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2018 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 191 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Stockport County (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Leicester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Doncaster 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
Club
| 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 | ||
References
- "The Mons take on the Wolves". The Northern Standard. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- "Carl Ikeme". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- 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.
- "Carl Ikeme profile". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- Carl Ikeme at National-Football-Teams.com