Nicky Beloko
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicky Stéphane Medja Beloko | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Ebolowa, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2013 | FC Aigle | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vevey-Sports | ||
| 2014–2015 | Lausanne | ||
| 2015–2018 | Sion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Sion | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Fiorentina | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Gent (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Switzerland U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Switzerland U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Switzerland U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Nicky Stéphane Medja Beloko (born 16 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Neuchâtel Xamax on loan from Italian club Fiorentina. Born in Cameroon, Beloko is a youth international for Switzerland.
Club career
Beloko made his professional debut in a 5-1 Swiss Super League loss to BSC Young Boys on 29 October 2017.[1] On 18 June 2018, Beloko moved to ACF Fiorentina.[2]
On 21 August 2019 he joined Belgian club Gent on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[3] On 9 January 2020, Gent terminated the loan early after he made no appearances for the club up to that point.[4]
On 16 February 2021, he joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[5]
International career
Beloko was born in Cameroon but moved to Switzerland at a young age, deciding to represent Switzerland internationally at youth levels.[6]
References
- ^ "Young Boys vs. Sion - 29 October 2017 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Le jeune Nicky Medja Beloko quitte le FC Sion pour la Fiorentina". www.rhonefm.ch.
- ^ "WELCOME NICKY!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 21 August 2019.
- ^ "NICKY BELOKO KEERT TERUG NAAR FIORENTINA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 9 January 2020.
- ^ "BELOKO REJOINT XAMAX" (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax. 16 February 2021.
- ^ RedazioneSB (30 April 2019). "Fiorentina, chi è Nicky Beloko: biografia, caratteristiche tecniche e social".
External links
- Nicky Beloko at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- SFV U19 Profile
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Ebolowa
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland youth international footballers
- Cameroonian footballers
- Swiss people of Cameroonian descent
- Cameroonian emigrants to Switzerland
- Association football midfielders
- ACF Fiorentina players
- FC Sion players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- Serie A players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Swiss expatriates in Italy
- Swiss expatriates in Belgium
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Cameroonian expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium