Gabriel Melkam
 Melkam playing for Xiamen Lanshi in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back, midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1996 | Stationery Stores | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| Total | 367 | (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.
Club career[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Melkam's younger brother Innocent Melkam played football in the German lower leagues.
Honours[edit]
Guangzhou Evergrande
References[edit]
- ^ 广药外援首圈亚泰铁腰 胡兆军报到在即球队备战体测 (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Gabriel Melkam at WorldFootball.net
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- Stationery Stores F.C. players
- Kwara United F.C. players
- SG Wattenscheid 09 players
- Karlsruher SC players
- FC Hansa Rostock players
- Sportfreunde Siegen players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Xiamen Blue Lions F.C. players
- Changchun Yatai F.C. players
- Guangzhou F.C. players
- Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- China League One players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Nigerian football defender stubs