José-Alex Ikeng
Ikeng with Werder Bremen II in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-01-30) 30 January 1988
Place of birth Bafia, Cameroon
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997 VfR Sersheim
1997–1998 Germania Bietigheim
1998–2003 SpVgg Ludwigsburg
2003–2006 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 VfB Stuttgart II 27 (0)
2008–2011 Werder Bremen II 33 (1)
2011–2013 FC Ingolstadt 23 (3)
2014 Austria Lustenau 6 (0)
2015–2016 Hansa Rostock 25 (2)
2016 Stuttgarter Kickers 0 (0)
Total 114 (6)
International career
Germany U18 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José-Alex Ikeng (born 30 January 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] Born in Cameroon, he represented Germany internationally.

Club career

VfB Stuttgart

Born in Bafia, Cameroon, Ikeng began his professional career in early 2005, signing with VfB Stuttgart's reserve side. At the time, Ikeng was one of the most highly touted young players in Germany, receiving third place for Fritz-Walter medal in 2006, an award given to the best young German footballer. (Ikeng finished behind Sergej Evljuskin and Alexander Eberlein of VfL Wolfsburg and 1860 Munich, respectively). However, following a series of knee injuries that threatened to end his career, Ikeng lost much of the interest he had begun to earn from senior clubs around Germany via lack of playing time in competitive games.

Werder Bremen

On 30 December 2008, Ikeng signed a contract with Werder Bremen that kept him at the club until the end of the 2010–11 season. He played for the Under-23 reserve team. In July 2009, in match against VfL Osnabrück, he sustained the third cruciate ligament tear of his career.[2]

Later career

Ikeng joined Stuttgarter Kickers, placed last in the 3. Liga, from league rivals Hansa Rostock in January 2016.[3] He signed a contract until summer 2017.[3] He left the club at the end of his contract.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "José Alex Ikeng" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ikeng reißt das Kreuzband". kicker (in German). 29 July 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Stuttgarter Kickers: José-Alex Ikeng kommt nach Stuttgart". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Was aus den Ex-Werderanern geworden ist". Weser Kurier (in German). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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