Landry N'Guémo

Landry N'Guémo

Personal information
Full name	Landry Joel Tsafack N'Guémo
Date of birth	28 November 1985 (1985-11-28)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bordeaux
Number	7
Youth career
2001–2005	Nancy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2011	Nancy	130	(5)
2009–2010	→ Celtic (loan)	35	(0)
2011–	Bordeaux	21	(0)
National team‡
2006–	Cameroon	28	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2011

Landry Joel Tsafack N'Guémo (born 28 November 1985 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for French club Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1.

Club career

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.

Nancy

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

On 31 January 2009, N'Guémo scored his first goal for 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 Marseille but Nancy were beaten 2–1.

Loan to 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 wore the number 6 shirt the squad number previously allotted to Bobo Baldé. 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. He made his competitive debut against 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 Champions League. He made his league debut away to Aberdeen in a 3–1 win for Celtic.

In total N'Guémo made 35 appearances for Celtic without scoring. At the end of his loan period the two clubs were unable to agree a transfer fee for N'Guémo and so he returned to AS Nancy.

Girondins de Bordeaux

On 4 July 2011, N'Guémo moved from Nancy to Ligue 1 rivals Girondins de Bordeaux, signing a three-year contract.

Personal life

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.

International career

N'Guémo has made 28 appearances for Cameroon, scoring 3 times.

Honours

Nancy

• French League Cup: 1

2006

External links

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