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ntupdate =George Nganyuo Elokobi (born
31 January 1986 ) is aCameroon ian football defender who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Championship.Playing career
Elokobi joined
non-league Dulwich Hamlet after arriving in England fromCameroon in 2002, before stepping up to league football with Colchester United in 2004. He did not feature for the team in his first season and was loaned to Chester City for a month in early 2005, working underIan Rush . He made five appearances for Chester, including his professional debut against Swansea City on29 January 2005 . However, the spell did not go well with Chester losing all five games and Elokobi being sent off in his final appearance for the club at Shrewsbury Town.The defender then returned to
Layer Road where he made twelve league appearances in a season that saw the club promoted from League One. He scored his first goal in a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town on24 September 2005 .He made a further ten league appearances in the 2006-07 season as the team stabilised in the Championship, and went on to establish himself as a regular first team player in the early months of the following campaign. However, he was later dropped from the team for several matches, prompting him to hand in a transfer request. [cite news| title = Elokobi wants to quit Colchester| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7087740.stm| publisher =
BBC Sport | date =2007-11-09 ] This alerted fellow Championship club, Wolverhampton Wanderers to sign him in a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee on31 January 2008 . [cite news| title = Wolves sign Colchester's Elokobi| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/7221415.stm| publisher =BBC Sport | date =2008-02-01 ]Elokobi quickly became first-choice left-back at Molineux but his run in the side was ended when he suffered a knee injury just three games into the 2008/09 season. The injury will keep him on the sidelines for the rest of the season. [cite news| title = Elokobi is ruled out for season| url = http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/09/05/elokobi-is-ruled-out-for-season/| publisher = Express & Star| date =
2008-09-05 ]References
External links
* [http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10307~30252,00.html Official club profile]
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