Elie Ikangu (born October 4, 1986) is a football

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who played for

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. Ikangu played with the youth team at French team

Le Havre AC Le Havre Athletic Club () is a French professional association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The football club was founded in 1894 as a section of the sports club of the same name, founded in 1884. Le Havre plays in Ligue 1, the ...

. He joined English

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(fourth tier) club

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in 2005, but was released in January 2006 having failed to progress from the youth team. He played on trial for the reserve team of

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club

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, then moved to the United States, where, after a preseason trial, he signed a developmental contract with

in 2006. He was let go by the team in February 2008. He is of Congolese descent.

References

1986 births Living people Footballers from Paris French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Le Havre AC players Darlington F.C. players New York Red Bulls players Major League Soccer players French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent French expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England {{france-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub