José-Alex Ikeng

{{Infobox football biography

| name = José-Alex Ikeng

| image = José-Alex Ikeng - SV Werder Bremen (1).jpg

| caption = Ikeng with Werder Bremen II in 2009

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bafia, Cameroon

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1995–1997 | youthclubs1 = VfR Sersheim

| youthyears2 = 1997–1998 | youthclubs2 = Germania Bietigheim

| youthyears3 = 1998–2003 | youthclubs3 = SpVgg Ludwigsburg

| youthyears4 = 2003–2006 | youthclubs4 = VfB Stuttgart

| years1 = 2006–2008 | caps1 = 27 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = VfB Stuttgart II

| years2 = 2008–2011 | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = Werder Bremen II

| years3 = 2011–2013 | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 3 | clubs3 = FC Ingolstadt

| years4 = 2014 | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Austria Lustenau

| years5 = 2015–2016 | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = Hansa Rostock

| years6 = 2016 | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Stuttgarter Kickers

| totalcaps = 114

| totalgoals = 6

| nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = Germany U18 |nationalcaps1 = 8 |nationalgoals1 = 3

}}

José-Alex Ikeng (born 30 January 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/rlsw/regionalliga-suedwest-2012/2015-16/stuttgarter-kickers-26/39172/spieler_jose-alex-ikeng.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180704124656/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/rlsw/regionalliga-suedwest-2012/2015-16/stuttgarter-kickers-26/39172/spieler_jose-alex-ikeng.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 July 2018 | title = José Alex Ikeng | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 8 May 2016}} 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.{{cite web |title=Ikeng reißt das Kreuzband |url=https://www.kicker.de/ikeng-reisst-das-kreuzband-512088/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=5 August 2022 |language=de |date=29 July 2009}}

=Later career=

Ikeng joined Stuttgarter Kickers, placed last in the 3. Liga, from league rivals Hansa Rostock in January 2016.{{cite news |title=Stuttgarter Kickers: José-Alex Ikeng kommt nach Stuttgart |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.stuttgarter-kickers-jos-alex-ikeng-kommt-nach-stuttgart.2ad75eea-14c6-47d1-a0e7-9f0a7bb8065e.html |access-date=5 August 2022 |work=Stuttgarter Zeitung |date=5 January 2016 |language=de}} He signed a contract until summer 2017. He left the club at the end of his contract.{{cite news |title=Was aus den Ex-Werderanern geworden ist |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/werder/profis/was-aus-den-ex-werderanern-geworden-ist-doc7e4n6deu2l37wfzg6f |access-date=5 August 2022 |work=Weser Kurier |date=24 April 2017 |language=de}}