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David Ngog
Personal information
Full name David N'Gog
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 24
Youth career
1995–2001 FC Franconville
2001–2006 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Paris Saint-Germain 18 (1)
2008– Liverpool 60 (17)
International career‡
2004–2005 France U16 13 (11)
2005–2006 France U17 6 (2)
2006–2007 France U18 4 (2)
2007 France U19 6 (5)
2008–2010 France U21 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:18, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:17, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

David N'Gog (born 1 April 1989 in Gennevilliers) is a French footballer of Cameroonian descent, who plays as a striker for Liverpool. He started his career with Paris Saint-Germain, after signing his first professional contract in June 2006, aged 17. He is the cousin of Panathinaikos and French international player Jean-Alain Boumsong.[1]

Club career

Despite only scoring once in 18 league games for PSG, N'Gog has been prolific for the national side at many youth levels. He scored twice in a 2–0 victory over England U19's in 2007. He got his first professional taste of success with PSG when he was an unused substitute in the Coupe de la Ligue Final 2008.

N'Gog(back row, second from left) playing for PSG's reserve team in May 2008

Liverpool

2008–09 season

N'Gog signed for Liverpool on 24 July 2008 on a four year contract for an fee of £1.5million.[2][3] Manager Rafael Benítez hailed his scouting network after his signing, saying that "They are finding players like N'Gog, players with quality who are not a high price".[4] N'Gog played his first game for Liverpool in a friendly game against Villarreal on 30 July 2008 and scored his first goal one game later against Rangers in another pre-season friendly. He then followed this up by scoring Liverpool's final goal in their next pre-season friendly, a 4–1 win over Norwegian side Vålerenga IF. He made his Premier League debut against Aston Villa, coming on as a substitute for Fernando Torres. N'Gog scored his first goal for Liverpool in their 3–1 victory over PSV Eindhoven in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.[5] N'Gog made his first start for Liverpool on 7 February 2009 against Portsmouth, and scored his first league goal on 3 March 2009 against Sunderland in a 2–0 win at Anfield.[6] N'Gog went on to score his second league goal for the club on the 11 April 2009 against Blackburn Rovers in an emphatic 4–0 win.[7]

2009–10 season

N'Gog scored his first goal of the new season with the final goal in a 4–0 home win against Stoke City.[8] This was his fourth career goal for Liverpool, three of which came in league matches. The following month, he then went on to score the winning goal in a third-round League Cup game, to win 1–0 away against Leeds United. On 25 October, in a crucial game against Manchester United, he came on for goalscorer Fernando Torres at Anfield, scoring a goal in the 96th minute in the 2–0 win to seal an important victory for Liverpool.[9]. After the crunch tie, N'Gog said scoring the goal was "a fantastic moment for me and the team and I would say it's my best moment in football."[10] He scored his fourth goal of the season on 9 November against Birmingham City before winning a controversial penalty[11] that gave Liverpool a draw after Steven Gerrard converted from the spot.[12] N'Gog then scored Liverpool's only goal in their next match away to Debrecen in the Champions League. Rafa Benitez showed his faith in N'Gog by handing him a start against Everton in the Merseyside derby; this match finished 2–0 to Liverpool. He scored his fourth league goal (six in total of the 2009-10 season) in a 2–1 victory over Wigan Athletic. David N'Gog's goal nine minutes from time eventually broke the resistance of a determined Unirea Urziceni at Anfield in the Europa League[13].

2010–11 season

On 29 July 2010, N'Gog scored twice in Roy Hodgson's first competitive match as manager in Liverpool's UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 2–0 win over Macedonian side FK Rabotnički.[14] In the second leg of the tie played at Anfield, N'Gog scored the opening goal via a header and also won a penalty which Steven Gerrard scored, as Liverpool ran out 4-0 aggregate winners. N'Gog then scored again in Liverpool's opening match of the season at home to Arsenal in a 1-1 draw by turning past Vermaelen and shooting past Almunia. He was enjoying the best start to a liverpool season before he was taken out of the squad that played West Brom for Fernando Torres. After being left out of the game against Birmingham FC Ngog shot to fire again in the Europa league, scoring two in Liverpool's 4-1 victory over Steaua Bucharest. At this point Ngog stands at 6 goals for the season, having scored 5 in 5 in european competition.

Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Paris Saint-Germain 2006–07 4 0 1 0 - - 1 0 6 0
2007–08 14 1 4 0 1 2 - - 19 3
Total 18 1 5 0 1 2 1 0 25 3
Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Liverpool 2008–09 14 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 19 3
2009–10 24 5 2 0 2 1 9 2 37 8
2010–11 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 7 6
Total 40 8 2 0 4 1 17 8 63 17
Career totals 58 9 7 0 5 3 19 10 89 22
Last updated 17th September 2010

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

References

  1. ^ "David N'Gog profile". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  2. ^ "Liverpool Sign French Striker N'Gog". 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  3. ^ "Reds target French youngster". 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  4. ^ "Gerrard Worry For Liverpool". 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  5. ^ Sky Sports report
  6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7908457.stm BBC Match Report
  7. ^ "Liverpool 4–0 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  8. ^ "Liverpool 4 – 0 Stoke". BBC. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Reds stun rivals to end losing run". TEAMtalk. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  10. ^ http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N166215091026-0832.htm
  11. ^ Hunter, Andy (2009-11-10). Guardian. London http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8597490.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-10. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Birmingham angry at 'cheat' Ngog". BBC Sport. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  13. ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=285541&cc=5739
  14. ^ "Rabotnicki Skopje 0 - 2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
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