Ike_Shorunmu
Ike Shorunmu
Nigerian footballer
Ike Ibrahim Shorunmu (born 16 October 1967) is a former Nigerian football goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ike Ibrahim Shorunmu | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-10-16) 16 October 1967 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Stationery Stores | ||
| 1993–1994 | Concord | ||
| 1994–1995 | Shooting Stars | ||
| 1995–1996 | Basel | ||
| 1996–1999 | Zürich | 71 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Beşiktaş | 33 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Lucerne | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Samsunspor | 69 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Juventus Zürich | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2002 | Nigeria | 36 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Nigeria (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Enyimba (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
| 2010 | Heartland (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
| 2011–2022 | Nigeria (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
| 2022-2023 | Nigeria (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Shorunmu was born in Lagos. After a few years in Nigeria he moved to play in Switzerland, and made his mark there. He was bought by Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K. in 1999 for $2,400,000 — but they released him as they thought he spent too much time with the national team. Shorunmu later played for other Swiss and Turkish clubs.
He has been the first-choice goalkeeper of the national team and played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Shorunmu was brought into the Nigerian national team by coach Clemens Westerhof in 1992.[1]
Shorunmu has recently served as the national team goalkeeper coach as well as for Enyimba F.C. In 2010 Shorunmu was hired in the same capacity for Heartland F.C.
- "I married at 23 to have a balanced life as footballer –Ex-Super Eagles goalkeeper, Shorunmu". Punch Newspapers. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.