Stanley Ibe (born 19 July 1984) is a Nigerian

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striker who currently plays for Meteor Prague.

Career

Ibe was playing in Nigeria in the Taribo West Academy when he was brought to Italy to

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He spent the first season in the youth team and the following two on loan, first with Serbian side

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helping them to finish first and to win promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia, and in the next season he played with

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. Ibe was transferred to

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club

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in summer 2003. In July 2004 he signed a contract with Bregalnica Delčevo's league rival FK Sloga Jugomagnat. He played for FK Sloga Jugomagnat till 2005, when was transferred to the Czech club Bohemians Prague. In summer 2006 he had a trial with

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, afterwards returning to the Czech Republic. During the first half of the 2010–11 season Ibe was on loan with

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. In July 2012 he joined the Latvian Higher League club Daugava Daugavpils, reaching his career's highest point so far and participating in the UEFA Champion's League. With 10 goals in 18 appearances during the

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season Ibe became Daugava's second top scorer and helped the club win the Latvian championship for the first time in its history. After the season, he was included in the ''sportacentrs.com'' Team of the Tournament alongside his fellow international Ahmed Abdultaofik from FK Ventspils, both filling the forwards' positions. In 2013 Ibe also helped Daugava lift the Latvian Supercup, scoring the first goal of the game. He left Daugava in October 2013 due to a long-term injury, with 2 goals in 13 league appearances during the

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season. In March 2014 Ibe joined the Romanian

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side

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. Having recovered from the injury, he finished the season with 1 goal in 4 league appearances in the Romanian

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. His club was relegated from the league after the season. In December 2014 he signed with the Italian team Olympia Agnonese. He returned to the Czech Republic in August 2015, re-joining Bohemians.

Honours

;Daugava Daugavpils * Latvian Supercup:

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* Latvian Higher League:

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;Javor * Second League of FR Yugoslavia: 2001–02

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibe, Stanley 1984 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Genoa CFC players AC Ancona players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy FK Javor Ivanjica players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro FK Bregalnica Delčevo (1926–2012) players FK Sloga Jugomagnat players Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia FK Příbram players FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) players Czech First League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia FC Daugava players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania FC UTA Arad players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic