Gabriel Melkam

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gabriel Melkam

| image = Gabriel Melkam.jpg

| caption = Melkam playing for Xiamen Lanshi in 2007

| fullname = Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Left back, midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1996

| youthclubs1 = Stationery Stores

| years1 = 1996–1998

| clubs1 = Kwara United

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1998–2001

| clubs2 = SG Wattenscheid 09

| caps2 = 85

| goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2001–2003

| clubs3 = Karlsruher SC

| caps3 = 56

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2003–2005

| clubs4 = Hansa Rostock

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2005–2006

| clubs5 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2006–2007

| clubs6 = Xiamen Lanshi

| caps6 = 38

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2008–2009

| clubs7 = Changchun Yatai

| caps7 = 44

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = Guangzhou Evergrande

| caps8 = 18

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2011–2013

| clubs9 = Qingdao Jonoon

| caps9 = 80

| goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 367

| totalgoals = 24

| nationalyears1 = 1999

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-20

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

}}

Gabriel Chukwuwunzo Melkam (born 13 March 1980) 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.{{cite web | url = http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2010-01-15/04104790586.shtml | script-title=zh:广药外援首圈亚泰铁腰胡兆军报到在即球队备战体测 | language = Chinese | date = 15 January 2010 | publisher = sina.com.cn | accessdate = 12 August 2012}} He made his China League One debut for Guangzhou against 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

China League One: 2010{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2010-04-03/17064920443.shtml|title=中甲最新积分榜:恒大稳胜摘联赛桂冠南京有有降级|work=sports.sina.com.cn|date=3 April 2010|accessdate=6 August 2019}}