José-Alex Ikeng
![]() Ikeng with Werder Bremen II in July 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José-Alex Ikeng | ||
Date of birth | 30 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Bafia, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1997 | VfR Sersheim | ||
1997–1998 | Germania Bietigheim | ||
1998–2003 | SpVgg Ludwigsburg | ||
2003–2006 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | VfB Stuttgart II | 27 | (0) |
2008–2011 | Werder Bremen II | 33 | (1) |
2011–2013 | FC Ingolstadt | 23 | (3) |
2014 | Austria Lustenau | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Hansa Rostock | 25 | (2) |
2016 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 0 | (0) |
Total | 114 | (6) | |
International career | |||
Germany U18 | 8 | (3) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José-Alex Ikeng (born 30 January 1988) is a former professional football midfielder.[1] Born in Cameroon, he represented Germany internationally.
Club career
VfB Stuttgart
Born in Bafia, Cameroon, Ikeng began his professional career in early 2005, signing with VfB Stuttgart's reserve side. At the time, Ikeng was one of the most highly touted young players in Germany, receiving third place for Fritz-Walter medal in 2006, an award given to the best young German footballer. (Ikeng finished behind Sergej Evljuskin and Alexander Eberlein of VfL Wolfsburg and 1860 Munich, respectively). However, following a series of knee injuries that threatened to end his career, Ikeng lost much of the interest he had begun to earn from senior clubs around Germany via lack of playing time in competitive games.
Werder Bremen
On 30 December 2008, Ikeng signed a contract with Werder Bremen that kept him at the club until the end of the 2010–11 season. Ikeng played for the Under-23 reserve team.
References
- ^ "José Alex Ikeng" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
External links
- José-Alex Ikeng at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- José-Alex Ikeng at FootballDatabase.eu
- José-Alex Ikeng at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- Germany youth international footballers
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroonian emigrants to Germany
- Association football midfielders
- German people of Cameroonian descent
- SpVgg Ludwigsburg players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- SV Werder Bremen II players
- SC Austria Lustenau players
- FC Hansa Rostock players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- German football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs
- Cameroonian football biography stubs