John Ike Ibeh (born April 16, 1986) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a

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. He played for several seasons in the Romanian

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

Club career

Ibeh previously played at Hapoel Tel Aviv in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, AFC, in

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and UT Arad from

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. Ibeh holds Spanish citizenship. He began his career at Hapoel Tel Aviv and moved in 2005 to AFC. After two years he left Amsterdam and moved for 600.000 € to

UTA Arad Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities *University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States * University of Tarapacá, in Chile *University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * A ...

. He signed for Oțelul Galați in early 2009.
/ref> In the 2010–11 Liga I, 2010-2011 he won the Romanian Championship with Oțelul Galați, playing in 9 games and scoring once. In the 2011-2012

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

he played 2 games for Oțelul Galați in the group stage. In the middle of the 2011-2012

season he moved to

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Honours

Club

;Oțelul Galați *

: 2010–11 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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;Pandurii *

: runner-up

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Player Profile

* 1986 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Igbo sportspeople Men's association football midfielders Nigerian expatriate men's footballers AFC DWS players FC UTA Arad players ASC Oțelul Galați players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players Liga I players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from Port Harcourt {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub