West Ham have poached Deren Ibrahim from Charlton as a new goalkeeping coach for the Academy U18’s to replace Jerome John who was dismissed over accusations that he bought equipment with club money with the intention of selling it privately.
West Ham terminated John’s employment was taken following an internal investigation at the end of last year.
Between the ages of 8 and 11, Ibrahim was a member of the Academy of Queens Park Rangers Ibrahim advanced through the youth levels of Dartford beginning in 2001 before making his debut as a goal keeper on 13 March 2008. He has also had loan spells with Sittingbourne, Margate, Maidstone United, Leatherhead, Phoenix Sports and St. Andrews F.C. of Malta.
At the age of 24 in 2015, Ibrahim was named Dartford’s first-choice goalkeeper after making 37 appearances for the club since his league debut in 2008. Ibrahim scored his first goal for Dartford on 27 August 2016 on a free-kick from his own half against Hungerford Town and his second against Chippenham Town on 13 October 2018 again from a free kick in his own half.
In late 2018, Ibrahim departed Dartford as a player and a youth coaching role at Arsenal’s Academy to take up a full-time Academy goalkeeping coach role at Charlton Athletic. In March 2019, Ibrahim played one FA Vase game for Cray Valley PM.
Ibrahim was called up to the Gibraltar national football team for the first time in October 2016 for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium. He made his international debut in the match against Belgium, an eventual 0–6 defeat. In the match, Ibrahim and Gibraltar gave up the fastest-ever goal in a World Cup qualifier, a 7th-second strike from Christian Benteke.