Gabriel Melkam

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Gabriel Melkam
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Melkam playing for Xiamen Lanshi in 2007
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam
Date of birth (1980-03-13) 13 March 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back, midfielder
Youth career
0000–1996 Stationery Stores
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 Kwara United
1998–2001 SG Wattenscheid 09 85 (12)
2001–2003 Karlsruher SC 56 (4)
2003–2005 Hansa Rostock 19 (1)
2005–2006 Sportfreunde Siegen 27 (1)
2006–2007 Xiamen Lanshi 38 (0)
2008–2009 Changchun Yatai 44 (4)
2010 Guangzhou Evergrande 18 (1)
2011–2013 Qingdao Jonoon 80 (1)
Total367(24)
International career
1999 Nigeria U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam (born 13 March 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left back or midfielder.

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Club career

In April 2007, Melkam was banned three matches and fined 5000 RMB for misconduct for showing "All Referee of Chinese Super League were cheat." on his T-shirt after the match against Henan Jianye, to revenge the serious mistake of referee on the match Xiamen Lanshi against Shanghai Shenhua.

Melkam transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande in 2010. [1] He made his China League One debut for Guangzhou against Beijing BIT on 3 April.

International career

Melkam finished runner-up at the 1999 African Youth Championship and quarter-finalist at 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. Melkam was included in the Nigerian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe on 5 September. The tie marked the debut of the then-Hansa Rostock defender Melkam, who narrowly missed out on a place in Nigeria's 2004 Cup of Nations squad.

Personal life

Melkam's younger brother Innocent Melkam played football in the German lower leagues.

Honours

Guangzhou Evergrande

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  2. "中甲最新积分榜:恒大稳胜摘联赛桂冠 南京有有降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2019.