Deren Ibrahim

Deren Ibrahim (born 9 March 1991) is a retired Gibraltarian footballer who mostly played for English club Dartford and the Gibraltar national team as a goalkeeper.[4][5] He is currently goalkeeping coach at Gillingham and Wales U19.

Deren Ibrahim
Personal information
Full name Deren Ibrahim[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991[2]
Place of birth Sidcup, England[3]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Gillingham (Goalkeeping Coach)
Youth career
1999–2001 Queens Park Rangers
2001–2003 Dartford
2003–2006 Corinthian-Casuals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2018 Dartford 176 (2)
2010–2011 → Sittingbourne (loan) 38 (0)
2010 → St. Andrews (loan) ? (?)
2011 → Margate (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2013 → Maidstone United (loan) 32 (0)
2013–2014 → Leatherhead (loan) ? (?)
2014–2015 → Tonbridge Angels (loan) ? (?)
2019 Cray Valley PM 0 (0)
2019 Tonbridge Angels 0 (0)
2019 Cray Valley PM 0 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Gibraltar 8 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Gillingham (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:04, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:15, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Career

Club

Between the ages of eight and 11, Ibrahim was a member of the academy of Queens Park Rangers.[6] Ibrahim advanced through the youth levels of Dartford beginning in 2001 before making his debut on 13 March 2008.[4] In 2010, he signed a 3-month loan contract with St. Andrews of Malta.[7] He has also had loan spells with Sittingbourne, Margate, Maidstone United, Leatherhead,[6] and Phoenix Sports.[8] He made a total of 8 appearances for Margate.[7] In 2014, he signed a short-term loan with Tonbridge Angels.[9] 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.[8] Ibrahim scored his first goal for Dartford on 27 August 2016 on a free-kick from his own half against Hungerford Town[10] and his second against Chippenham Town on 13 October 2018 again from a free kick in his own half.[11]

In October 2018, Ibrahim departed Dartford to take up an academy goalkeeping coach role at Charlton Athletic.[12]

In March 2019, Ibrahim played one FA Vase game for Cray Valley PM.[13]

On 30 March 2019, Ibrahim joined Tonbridge Angels until the end of the 2018–19 season.[14] However, he returned to Cray Valley PM in May 2019 to sit on the bench in the 2019 FA Vase Final.[15]

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.[16] He made his international debut in the match against Belgium, an eventual 0–6 defeat.[17][18]

International career statistics
As of match played 11 October 2017[19]
Gibraltar national team
YearAppsGoals
201620
201760
Total80

Coaching career

On 14 February 2022, Ibrahim was announced to have joined the coaching staff of League One side Gillingham.[20]

References
  1. "Составы командо, тборочный раунд – Group H – тур 2: Эстония–Гибралтар" [Lineups, Qualifying round – Group H – Matchday 2: Estonia v Gibraltar] (PDF). UEFA (in Russian). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. Dartford FC (9 March 2017). "Happy Birthday to our shotstopper @Derenibrahim who is 29 today!!!..." Twitter. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "Dartford profile". Dartford F.C. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. "Deflect DK Coaches". Deflect GK. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. "INTERVIEW: Deren Ibrahim". tscnuk.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. Tervet, Steve (22 July 2015). "Dartford FC manager Tony Burman confirms Deren Ibrahim will be his first-choice goalkeeper this season". Kent Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. Burman, Tony (21 October 2014). "DEREN IBRAHIM ON DUAL-REGISTRATION AT TONBRIDGE ANGELS". Dartford F.C. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. Tervet, Steve (27 August 2016). "Dartford FC goalkeeper Deren Ibrahim scored against Hungerford Town with a free-kick from inside his own half". Kent Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  11. Non-league day: A prolific keeper, BBC 13 October 2018
  12. "Dartford FC goalkeeper Deren Ibrahim leaving the club to coach at Charlton Athletic". Kent Online. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  13. "CANTERBURY CITY 1-1 CRAY VALLEY (PAPER MILLS)". Kentish Football. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  14. "McKimm strengthens as run in begins #Project650". Tonbridge Angels F.C. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  15. Chertsey Town lift the Buildbase FA Vase after extra-time victory over Cray Valley TheFA.com. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  16. "Rodriguez and Ibrahim handed first Gibraltar callups". Football Gibraltar. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  17. "PLAYER NEWS: DEREN IBRAHIM". Dartford F.C. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  18. "Gibraltar vs. Belgium". GibFootballTalk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  19. "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  20. "Deren Ibrahim appointed as Goalkeeping Coach". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. 14 February 2022.
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