Carl Ikeme
Personal information
Full name	Carl Onora Ikeme
Date of birth	8 June 1986 (1986-06-08) (age 23)
Place of birth	Sutton Coldfield, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Charlton Athletic (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number	24
Youth career
	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003– 2004 2005–2006 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers → Accrington Stanley (loan) → Stockport County (loan) → Charlton Athletic (loan)	13 (0) 03 (0) 09 (0) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Carl Onora Ikeme (born 8 June 1986) is an English-born football goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at League One side Charlton Athletic from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Despite his English birthplace, he has chosen to represent Nigeria at international level. He has been called up to the Super Eagles squad but has not yet played for them.^[1]

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Ikeme progressed through Wolverhampton Wanderers' academy and made the first team squad in their 2003–04 Premier League season. Due to Matt Murray's long term injury, he was promoted to the substitutes' bench for a string of games but never played.

To gain first team action, he moved on loan to League Two side Accrington Stanley.^[2] He made senior debut on 16 October 2004 when he played the first of four games for them, keeping a clean sheet at Aldershot Town. He also had a further loan move to Stockport County in Autumn 2005 which was cut short due to a hand injury.^[3]

He finally made his Wolves debut the following season, in a 5–1 win over Chester City in the League Cup on 23 August 2005. However, although often on the bench, he had to wait until 26 August 2006 for his first league appearance for the club when he appeared as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Luton Town.

Ikeme suffered a knee injury during the 2006–07 season and had to undergo surgery, which kept him out of contention until late 2007. After recovering, he was an unused substitute or only employed in reserve team fixtures. It wasn't until September 2008 that he got his chance to return to Wolves' first team after regular keeper Wayne Hennessey was suspended.^[4] Impressing, he enjoyed a run of games until injury ruled him out for the remainder of the season during which the club won the Championship.

After regaining fitness, he joined League One side Charlton Athletic on a month's loan in October 2009 to cover for injured Robert Elliot.^[5]He made his debut for Charlton on 31 October in a 3-1 away defeat to Carlisle United.^[6]

Ikeme is contracted to Wolves until Summer 2012.^[7]

[edit] Honours

• Football League Championship (II): 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official club profile
• Carl Ikeme career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Ikeme, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ikeme, Carl Onora
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-6-8
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sutton Coldfield, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH