Deren Ibrahim

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Deren Ibrahim
Personal information
Full name Deren Ibrahim [1]
Date of birth (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 33) [2]
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2018 Dartford 176 (2)
2010–2011Sittingbourne (loan) 38 (0)
2010St. Andrews (loan) ? (?)
2011Margate (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2013Maidstone United (loan) 32 (0)
2013–2014Leatherhead (loan) ? (?)
2014–2015Tonbridge 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.

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Career

Club

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]

International

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]

International career statistics

As of match played 11 October 2017 [19]
Gibraltar national team
YearAppsGoals
201620
201760
Total80

Coaching career

On 14 February 2022, Ibrahim was announced to have joined the coaching staff of League One side Gillingham. [20]

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