George Elokobi

George Nganyuo Elokobi (born 31 January 1986) is a Cameroonian Association football Defender (football) who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in the Football League Championship.

Playing career

Elokobi joined non-league Dulwich Hamlet F.C. after arriving in England from Cameroon in 2002, before stepping up to league football with Colchester United F.C. in 2004. He did not feature for the team in his first season and was loaned to Chester City F.C. for a month in early 2005, working under Ian Rush. He made five appearances for Chester, including his professional debut against Swansea City F.C. on 29 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 F.C..

The defender then returned to Layer Road where he made twelve league appearances in a season that saw the club promoted from Football League One. He scored his first goal in a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town F.C. on 24 September 2005.

He made a further ten league appearances in the 2006-07 in English football as the team stabilised in the Football League 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. This alerted fellow Championship club, Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. to sign him in a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2008.

Elokobi quickly became first-choice left-back at Molineux Stadium but his run in the side was ended when he suffered a knee injury just three games into the 2008-09 in English football. The injury will keep him on the sidelines for the rest of the season.