Deren Ibrahim (born 9 March 1991) is a retired

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ian

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who played as a

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. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Gillingham and the Wales U19 national team.

Career

Club

Between the ages of eight and eleven, Ibrahim was a member of the academy of

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. Ibrahim advanced through the youth levels of

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beginning in 2001 before making his debut on 13 March 2008. In 2010, he signed a three-month loan contract with Maltese club St. Andrews. He has also had loan spells with

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Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and W ...

, Maidstone United,

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, and Phoenix Sports. He made a total of eight appearances for

. In 2014, he signed a short-term loan with

Tonbridge Angels Tonbridge Angels Football Club is a professional association football club based in Tonbridge, Kent, England. The team competes in the National League South, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded as Tonb ...

. 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. Ibrahim scored his first goal for Dartford on 27 August 2016 with a free kick from his own half against Hungerford Town and his second against Chippenham Town on 13 October 2018 again from a free kick in his own half. In October 2018, Ibrahim departed Dartford to take up an academy goalkeeping coach role at

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

. In March 2019, Ibrahim played one

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game for Cray Valley PM. On 30 March 2019, Ibrahim joined

until the end of the 2018–19 season. However, he returned to Cray Valley PM in May 2019 to sit on the bench in the 2019 FA Vase Final.

International

Ibrahim was called up to the

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for the first time in October 2016 for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

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and

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. He made his international debut in the match against Belgium, an eventual 0–6 defeat.

International career statistics

Coaching career

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

References

External links

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Dartford F.C. profile

Deflect GK profile
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