Deren Ibrahim

Deren Ibrahim (born 9 March 1991) is a retired Gibraltarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[4][5] He is goalkeeping coach at Gillingham and the Wales U19 national team.

Deren Ibrahim

Personal information
Full name	Deren Ibrahim[1]
Date of birth	(1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth	Sidcup, England[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Gillingham (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1999–2001	Queens Park Rangers
2001–2003	Dartford
2003–2006	Corinthian-Casuals
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2018	Dartford	176	(2)
2010–2011	→ Sittingbourne (loan)	38	(0)
2010	→ St. Andrews (loan)	?	(?)
2011	→ Margate (loan)	5	(0)
2012–2013	→ Maidstone United (loan)	32	(0)
2013–2014	→ Leatherhead (loan)	?	(?)
2014–2015	→ Tonbridge Angels (loan)	?	(?)
2019	Cray Valley PM	0	(0)
2019	Tonbridge Angels	0	(0)
2019	Cray Valley PM	0	(0)
International career
2016–2017	Gibraltar	8	(0)
Managerial career
2022–	Gillingham (goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

Between the ages of eight and eleven, Ibrahim was a member of the academy of Queens Park Rangers.^[6] Ibrahim advanced through the youth levels of Dartford beginning in 2001 before making his debut on 13 March 2008.^[4] In 2010, he signed a three-month loan contract with Maltese club St. Andrews.^[7] He has also had loan spells with Sittingbourne, Margate, Maidstone United, Leatherhead,^[6] and Phoenix Sports.^[8] He made a total of eight appearances for Margate.^[7] In 2014, he signed a short-term loan with Tonbridge Angels.^[9] At the age of 24 in 2015, Ibrahim was named Dartford's first-choice goalkeeper after making 37 appearances for the club since his league debut in 2008.^[8] Ibrahim scored his first goal for Dartford on 27 August 2016 with a free kick from his own half against Hungerford Town^[10] and his second against Chippenham Town on 13 October 2018 again from a free kick in his own half.^[11]

In October 2018, Ibrahim departed Dartford to take up an academy goalkeeping coach role at Charlton Athletic.^[12]

In March 2019, Ibrahim played one FA Vase game for Cray Valley PM.^[13]

On 30 March 2019, Ibrahim joined Tonbridge Angels until the end of the 2018–19 season.^[14] However, he returned to Cray Valley PM in May 2019 to sit on the bench in the 2019 FA Vase Final.^[15]

International

Ibrahim was called up to the Gibraltar national football team for the first time in October 2016 for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium.^[16] He made his international debut in the match against Belgium, an eventual 0–6 defeat.^[17][18]

International career statistics

As of match played 11 October 2017^[19]

Gibraltar national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	2	0
2017	6	0
Total	8	0

Coaching career

On 14 February 2022, Ibrahim was announced to have joined the coaching staff of League One side Gillingham.^[20]