Innocent Melkam

Innocent Melkam

Personal information
Full name	Innocent Ufoma Melkam
Date of birth	(1981-05-26) 26 May 1981
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Qingdao Jonoon
Number	24
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	SG Wattenscheid 09
2001–2004	Karlsruher SC II	76	(14)
2001–2004	Karlsruher SC	10	(1)
2005	SV Grün-Weiß Langenberg
2005–2007	Hammer SpVg
2007–2008	Hohhot Black Horse
2008	Guizhou Moutai
2009–	SuS Niederbonsfeld
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Innocent Ufoma Melkam (born 26 May 1981) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for SuS Niederbonsfeld in Germany. He is a midfielder.

Career

In July 1999, he joined SG Wattenscheid 09, a Regionaliga club in Germany where he played for two years. In 2001, he left for Karlsruher SC reserve Oberliga team and earned 10 caps with the professional Bundesliga 2 team. With the reserve team, he played 76 games and scored 14 goals. In January 2005, he played with SV Langenberg until May 2005 and then moved over to Hammer Spielvereinigung (2005–2007), where he helped them gain promotion into the Oberliga in 2006.

After the 2006–07 season, he moved to China Jia league, but was unfortunate because the club Hohhot Black Horse of Tibet was banned by the Chinese FA for rules violation. He later made a brief switch to Shanghai East FC (Jia league) in February 2008.

Melkam returned to the German league in January 2009 and played a half season for SUS Niederbonsfeld.

Personal life

He was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He holds both Nigerian and German citizenship.

His elder brother Gabriel Melkam is a left sided midfielder who currently plays for Changchun Yatai in China.

External links

• Innocent Melkam profile at Fussballdaten