Gabriel Melkam


Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left back or midfielder.

Club career

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. He made his China [League One] debut for Guangzhou against Beijing [Institute of Technology FC|Beijing BIT] on 3 April.

International career

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.

Personal life

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

Honours

Guangzhou Evergrande