Carl Ikeme

**Carl Onora Ikeme** (born 8 June 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Ikeme spent all of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, making 207 appearances in total. He was part of the Wolves teams that won the Championship in 2009 and League One in 2014. Clubs he spent time loaned at were Accrington Stanley, Stockport County, Charlton Athletic, Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Doncaster Rovers. Although he was born and raised in England, but chose to represent Nigeria internationally. He played for the Nigeria national team ten times. In July 2017, it was stated he had acute leukaemia. He said he was in remission in June 2018. He retired from professional football the following month.

Ikeme was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. His father is Nigerian.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Wolverhampton Wanderers|2004–05|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|2005–06|Championship|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|||
|2006–07|Championship|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||
|2007–08|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|2008–09|Championship|12|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|13|0|||
|2009–10|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|2010–11|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|2011–12|Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|||
|2012–13|Championship|38|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|41|0|||
|2013–14|League One|41|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|45|0|||
|2014–15|Championship|33|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|35|0|||
|2015–16|Championship|34|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|36|0|||
|2016–17|Championship|31|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|33|0|||
|2017–18|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|Accrington Stanley (loan)|2004–05|Conference Premier|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|4|0||
|Stockport County (loan)|2005–06|League Two|9|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|9|0||
|Charlton Athletic (loan)|2009–10|League One|4|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|5|0||
|Sheffield United (loan)|2009–10|Championship|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0||
|Queen's Park Rangers (loan)|2009–10|Championship|17|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|17|0||
|Leicester City (loan)|2010–11|Championship|5|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|5|0||
|Middlesbrough (loan)|2011–12|Championship|10|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|10|0||
|Doncaster Rovers (loan)|2011–12|Championship|15|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|15|0||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Nigeria|2015|6|0|
|2016|4|0|||

## Honours

**Wolverhampton Wanderers**
- Football League Championship: 2008–09
- Football League One: 2013–14

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Carl Ikeme
- **image**: Carl Ikeme.jpg
- **caption**: Ikeme playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014
- **fullname**: Carl Onora Ikeme
- **birth place**: Sutton Coldfield, England
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **youthyears1**: –2003
- **youthclubs1**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **years1**: 2003–2018
- **clubs1**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **caps1**: 191
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2004
- **clubs2**: → Accrington Stanley F.C., Accrington Stanley (loan)
- **caps2**: 3
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2005–2006
- **clubs3**: → Stockport County F.C., Stockport County (loan)
- **caps3**: 9
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2009
- **clubs4**: → Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic (loan)
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2009
- **clubs5**: → Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United (loan)
- **caps5**: 2
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2010
- **clubs6**: → Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers (loan)
- **caps6**: 17
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2010
- **clubs7**: → Leicester City F.C., Leicester City (loan)
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2011
- **clubs8**: → Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough (loan)
- **caps8**: 10
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2011
- **clubs9**: → Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers (loan)
- **caps9**: 5
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2012
- **clubs10**: → Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers (loan)
- **caps10**: 10
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 256
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2015–2016
- **nationalteam1**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 0