Deren Ibrahim

Deren Ibrahim
Personal information
Full name Deren Hulusi Ibrahim[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991
Place of birth Sidcup, England[2]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Dartford
Number 21
Youth career
1999–2001 Queens Park Rangers
2001–2003 Dartford
2003–2006 Corinthian-Casuals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Dartford 75 (1)
2010–11 → Sittingbourne (loan)
2010 → St. Andrews (loan)
2011 → Margate (loan) 8 (0)
2012 → Maidstone United (loan)
2013–2014 → Leatherhead (loan)
2014–2015 → Tonbridge Angels (loan)
National team‡
2016– Gibraltar 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:57, 13 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:57, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Deren Ibrahim (born 9 March 1991) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for English club Dartford of the National League South, and the Gibraltar national team as a goalkeeper.[3][4]

Career

Club

Between the ages of 8 and 11, Ibrahim was a member of the academy of Queens Park Rangers.[5] Ibrahim advanced through the youth levels of Dartford F.C. beginning in 2001 before making his debut on 13 March 2008.[3] In 2010, he signed a 3-month loan contract with St. Andrews F.C. of Malta.[6] He has also had loan spells with Sittingbourne, Margate, Maidstone United, Leatherhead,[5] and Phoenix Sports.[7] He made a total of 8 appearances for Margate.[6] In 2014 he signed a short-term loan with Tonbridge Angels.[8] 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.[7] Ibrahim scored his first goal for Dartford on 27 August 2016 on a free-kick from his own half against Hungerford Town.[9]

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.[10] He made his international in the match against Belgium, an eventual 0–6 defeat.[11][12] In the match, Ibrahim and Gibraltar gave up the fastest-ever goal in a World Cup qualifier, a 7th-second strike from Christian Benteke.[13]

International career statistics

As of match played 13 November 2016[14]
Gibraltar national team
YearAppsGoals
201620
Total20

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players". The FA. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Cawdell, Luke (30 September 2016). "Dartford searching for goalkeeper to replace Deren Ibrahim after call-up to Gibraltar's World Cup qualifying squad". Kent Online. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Dartford profile". Dartford F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Deflect DK Coaches". Deflect GK. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 "INTERVIEW: Deren Ibrahim". tscnuk.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. 1 2 Tervet, Steve. "Dartford FC manager Tony Burman confirms Deren Ibrahim will be his first-choice goalkeeper this season". Kent Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Burman, Tony. "DEREN IBRAHIM ON DUAL-REGISTRATION AT TONBRIDGE ANGELS". Dartford F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Tervet, Steve. "Dartford FC goalkeeper Deren Ibrahim scored against Hungerford Town with a free-kick from inside his own half". Kent Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rodriguez and Ibrahim handed first Gibraltar callups". Football Gibraltar. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "PLAYER NEWS: DEREN IBRAHIM". Dartford F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Gibraltar vs. Belgium". GibFootballTalk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Hekmat, Arash. "Christian Benteke scores quickest-ever World Cup goal in Belgium's qualifier against Gibraltar". Mirror. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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