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)

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.

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Deflect DK Coaches". Deflect GK. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. 1 2 "INTERVIEW: Deren Ibrahim". tscnuk.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. 1 2 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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