Innocent Melkam

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Innocent Melkam
Personal information
Full name Innocent Ufoma Melkam
Date of birth (1981-05-26) 26 May 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Innocent Ufoma Melkam (born 26 May 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Career

In July 1999, Melkam joined SG Wattenscheid 09, a Regionaliga club in Germany where he played for two years. In 2001, he left for Karlsruher SC's reserve Oberliga team and earned ten caps with the 2. Bundesliga team. [1] With the reserve team, he played 76 games and scored 14 goals. In January 2005, he joined SV Langenberg and remained until May 2005. He then moved over to Hammer SpVg (2005–2007), whom he helped gain promotion into the Oberliga in 2006.

After the 2006–07 season, Melkam moved to the China League One, 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 Asia F.C. (China League One) in February 2008. [2]

Melkam returned to Germany in January 2009 and played a half season for SUS Niederbonsfeld.

Personal life

Melkam was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He holds both Nigerian and German citizenship. [3]

His elder brother Gabriel Melkam is a left sided midfielder who played for Changchun Yatai in China. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Innocent Melkam" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 顶顶体育首页 >> 资料库 >> 球员资料 (in Chinese). ddspn.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Melkam, Innocent" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 August 2012.


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