Landry N'Guémo

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Landry N'Guémo
Personal information
Full name	Landry Joel Tsafack N'Guémo
Date of birth	28 November 1985 (1985-11-28) (age 24)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Celtic (on loan from AS Nancy)
Number	6
Youth career
2001–2005	AS Nancy
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2009–	AS Nancy → Celtic (loan)	94 (2) 06 (0)
National team2
2006–	Cameroon	045 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:23, 28 October 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Landry Joel Tsafack N'Guémo (born 28 November 1985 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian professional footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Celtic. N'Guémo is on loan to Celtic from AS Nancy, of Ligue 1. N'Guémo is a keen falconer and keeps a modest collection of birds of prey with his favourite a White tailed eagle named Mr George after George Weah ^[1].

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

N'Guémo is a native of Dschang, a small town in western Cameroon, he played for various local teams in Dschang before moving to Yaounde aged 13.

[edit] AS Nancy

N'Guémo was spotted by scouts of AS Nancy in Yaounde and was promptly invited to France where he had trials before signing for the club aged 15. He made his AS Nancy debut aged 19 in August 2005 as a substitute against Lyon in a Ligue 1 match. He made his first start one month later in a match against Troyes.

In January 2009, N'Guémo said he would welcome a move away from the club after being linked by French and English media with moves to Arsenal, Sunderland and Everton.^[2]

On 31 January 2009, N'Guémo scored his first goal for AS Nancy, a dramatic 90th minute winner in a match against Le Havre. His second goal for the club also came in dramatic circumstances when he again netted in the 90th minute on 23 May 2009 against Olympique Marseille but AS Nancy were beaten 2-1.

[edit] Celtic

After days of speculation, on 16 July 2009, N'Guémo completed a one year loan move to Celtic with an option to make it permanent. He wears the number 6 shirt the squad number previously allotted to Bobo Baldé.^[3]. N'Guemo's debut game came in the 0-0 draw against Cardiff City where he was awarded as Celtic's man of the match.^[4] He made his competitive debut against FC Dynamo Moscow in Glasgow, losing 1-0. He was also part of the team that won 2-0 in Moscow, sending Celtic through to play Arsenal in the final qualifier for the UEFA Champions League. He made his league debut away to Aberdeen in a 3-1 win for Celtic.

[edit] International career

N'Guémo has made seven appearances for Cameroon, scoring once. His last appearance for his National team was on 14 November 2009 in a match against Morocco in a World Cup qualifying match which Cameroon won to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.

[edit] Career statistics

As of 14 November 2009.

[edit] Honours

Club

• French League Cup 2006

International

• Africa Cup of Nations runner-up 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Landry N'Guemo career stats at Soccerbase
• Landry N'Guémo French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
• Official AS Nancy profile

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