Ibrahim Meité (footballer)

Ibrahim Meité
Personal information
Full name Ibrahim Meité[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996[2]
Place of birth Roehampton, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Cardiff City
Number 27
Youth career
AG Academy
Kingstonian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Harrow Borough 16 (6)
2017– Cardiff City 1 (0)
2017–2018Crawley Town (loan) 19 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:11, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Ibrahim Meité (born 1 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Cardiff City, as a striker.[3]

Career

Meité was born to Ivorian parents and raised in a council estate in Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.[4] After playing for AG Academy and Harrow Borough, Meité trialled with Leicester City (in October 2016) and Cardiff City (in December 2016).[5][4] He turned professional with Cardiff City in January 2017,[6] making his debut for the club as a substitute in place of Craig Noone during a 0–0 draw with Wigan Athletic on 22 April 2017.[7]

On 25 August 2017, Meité joined League Two side Crawley Town on loan until January 2018.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Harrow Borough 2016–17[9] IL Premier Division 166646[lower-alpha 1]32813
Cardiff City 2016–17[7] Championship 10000010
2017–18[10] Championship 00001010
2018–19[11] Premier League 00000000
Total 1000100020
Crawley Town (loan) 2017–18[10] League Two 19200003[lower-alpha 2]1223
Career total 3686410945216
  1. Two appearances and three goals in Alan Turvey Trophy, four appearances in FA Trophy
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Ibrahim Meite". 11v11. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. Ibrahim Meité at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 Jack Vittles (3 January 2017). "Who is Ibrahim Meite? This is the man who looks likely to be Cardiff City's first January transfer signing". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. Sean Gallagher (13 October 2016). "Ibrahim Meite's potential is 'absolutely huge', says Harrow Borough boss". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. Michael Pearlman (6 January 2017). "Cardiff City sign Greg Halford and let Lex Immers go". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Ibrahim Meité in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. Ian Mitchelmore (25 August 2017). "Sol Bamba signs new three-year deal with Cardiff City as Neil Warnock confirms Ibrahim Meite has joined Crawley on loan". WalesOnline. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  9. "Ibrahim Meite". Harrow Borough Official Site. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Ibrahim Meité in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. "Games played by Ibrahim Meité in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2018.


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