Personal information | |||
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Full name | Deren Ibrahim [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 March 1991||
Place of birth | Sidcup, England [3] | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gillingham (goalkeeping coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2001 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
2001–2003 | Dartford | ||
2003–2006 | Corinthian-Casuals | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2018 | Dartford | 176 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Sittingbourne (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2010 | → St. Andrews (loan) | ? | (?) |
2011 | → Margate (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Maidstone United (loan) | 32 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Leatherhead (loan) | ? | (?) |
2014–2015 | → Tonbridge Angels (loan) | ? | (?) |
2019 | Cray Valley PM | 0 | (0) |
2019 | Tonbridge Angels | 0 | (0) |
2019 | Cray Valley PM | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016–2017 | Gibraltar | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2022– | Gillingham (goalkeeping coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Deren Ibrahim (born 9 March 1991) is a retired Gibraltarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [4] [5] He is currently goalkeeping coach at Gillingham and the Wales U19 national team.
Between the ages of eight and eleven, Ibrahim was a member of the academy of Queens Park Rangers. [6] Ibrahim advanced through the youth levels of Dartford beginning in 2001 before making his debut on 13 March 2008. [4] In 2010, he signed a three-month loan contract with Maltese club St. Andrews. [7] He has also had loan spells with Sittingbourne, Margate, Maidstone United, Leatherhead, [6] and Phoenix Sports. [8] He made a total of eight appearances for Margate. [7] In 2014, he signed a short-term loan with Tonbridge Angels. [9] At the age of 24 in 2015, Ibrahim was named Dartford's first-choice goalkeeper after making 37 appearances for the club since his league debut in 2008. [8] Ibrahim scored his first goal for Dartford on 27 August 2016 with a free kick from his own half against Hungerford Town [10] and his second against Chippenham Town on 13 October 2018 again from a free kick in his own half. [11]
In October 2018, Ibrahim departed Dartford to take up an academy goalkeeping coach role at Charlton Athletic. [12]
In March 2019, Ibrahim played one FA Vase game for Cray Valley PM. [13]
On 30 March 2019, Ibrahim joined Tonbridge Angels until the end of the 2018–19 season. [14] However, he returned to Cray Valley PM in May 2019 to sit on the bench in the 2019 FA Vase Final. [15]
Ibrahim was called up to the Gibraltar national football team for the first time in October 2016 for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium. [16] He made his international debut in the match against Belgium, an eventual 0–6 defeat. [17] [18]
Gibraltar national team | |||
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Year | Apps | Goals | |
2016 | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
On 14 February 2022, Ibrahim was announced to have joined the coaching staff of League One side Gillingham. [20]
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