Gabriel Melkam

Gabriel Melkam

Melkam playing for Xiamen Lanshi in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam
Date of birth	(1980-03-13) 13 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left back, midfielder
Youth career
0000–1996	Stationery Stores
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Kwara United
1998–2001	SG Wattenscheid 09	85	(12)
2001–2003	Karlsruher SC	56	(4)
2003–2005	Hansa Rostock	19	(1)
2005–2006	Sportfreunde Siegen	27	(1)
2006–2007	Xiamen Lanshi	38	(0)
2008–2009	Changchun Yatai	44	(4)
2010	Guangzhou Evergrande	18	(1)
2011–2013	Qingdao Jonoon	80	(1)
Total		367	(24)
International career
1999	Nigeria U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam (born 13 March 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left back or midfielder.

In April 2007, Melkam was banned three matches and fined 5000 RMB for misconduct for showing "All Referee of Chinese Super League were cheat." on his T-shirt after the match against Henan Jianye, to revenge the serious mistake of referee on the match Xiamen Lanshi against Shanghai Shenhua.

Melkam transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande in 2010.^[1] He made his China League One debut for Guangzhou against Beijing BIT on 3 April.

Melkam finished runner-up at the 1999 African Youth Championship and quarter-finalist at 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. Melkam was included in the Nigerian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe on 5 September. The tie marked the debut of the then-Hansa Rostock defender Melkam, who narrowly missed out on a place in Nigeria's 2004 Cup of Nations squad.

Melkam's younger brother Innocent Melkam played football in the German lower leagues.

Guangzhou Evergrande

• China League One: 2010^[2]

• Gabriel Melkam at WorldFootball.net

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