Stanley Ibe (born 19 July 1984) is a Nigerian football 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 Genoa C.F.C. He spent the first season in the youth team and the following two on loan, first with Serbian side FK Javor Ivanjica helping them to finish first and to win promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia, and in the next season he played with Ancona Calcio. Ibe was transferred to Macedonian First League club FK Bregalnica Delčevo in summer 2003.

Stanley Ibe

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 NK Domzale, afterwards returning to the Czech Republic. During the first half of the 2010–11 season Ibe was on loan with 1. FK Příbram.

Stanley Ibe

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 2012 Latvian Higher League 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 2013 Latvian Higher League season.

Stanley Ibe

In March 2014 Ibe joined the Romanian Liga III side UTA Arad. Having recovered from the injury, he finished the season with 1 goal in 4 league appearances in the Romanian Liga II. 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: 2013

Latvian Higher League: 2012

Javor

Second League of FR Yugoslavia: 2001–02

References

External links

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