Innocent Melkam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Innocent Ufoma Melkam | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Qingdao Jonoon | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2001 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | ||
| 2001–2004 | Karlsruher SC II | 76 | (14) |
| 2001–2004 | Karlsruher SC | 10 | (1) |
| 2005 | SV Grün-Weiß Langenberg | ||
| 2005–2007 | Hammer SpVg | ||
| 2007–2008 | Hohhot Black Horse | ||
| 2008 | Guizhou Moutai | ||
| 2009– | SuS Niederbonsfeld | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Innocent Ufoma Melkam (born 26 May 1981) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for SuS Niederbonsfeld in Germany. He is a midfielder.
Career
In July 1999, he joined SG Wattenscheid 09, a Regionaliga club in Germany where he played for two years. In 2001, he left for Karlsruher SC reserve Oberliga team and earned 10 caps with the professional Bundesliga 2 team.[1] With the reserve team, he played 76 games and scored 14 goals. In January 2005, he played with SV Langenberg until May 2005 and then moved over to Hammer Spielvereinigung (2005–2007), where he helped them gain promotion into the Oberliga in 2006.
After the 2006–07 season, he moved to China Jia league, but was unfortunate because the club Hohhot Black Horse of Tibet was banned by the Chinese FA for rules violation. He later made a brief switch to Shanghai East FC (Jia league) in February 2008.[2]
Melkam returned to the German league in January 2009 and played a half season for SUS Niederbonsfeld.
Personal life
He was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He holds both Nigerian and German citizenship.[3]
His elder brother Gabriel Melkam is a left sided midfielder who currently plays for Changchun Yatai in China.[2]
References
- ↑ "Innocent Melkam" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- 1 2 顶顶体育首页 >> 资料库 >> 球员资料 (in Chinese). ddspn.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Melkam, Innocent" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
External links
- Innocent Melkam at fussballdaten.de (German)