Japhet N'Doram

Japhet N'Doram
Personal information
Date of birth	27 February 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	N'Djamena, Chad
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Tourbillon
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1988	Tourbillon
1988–1990	Tonnerre Yaoundé
1990–1997	Nantes
1997–1998	Monaco
International career
1989–1997	Chad
Managerial career
2007	Nantes
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Japhet N'Doram (Arabic: يافث ندورام; born 27 February 1966) is a Chadian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

His 14-year senior career was mainly spent with Nantes, which he represented in several capacities. He was nicknamed The Wizard.^[1]

Club career

Born in N'Djamena, N'Doram begun his career with local Tourbillon FC, then spent three seasons in Cameroon with Tonnerre Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1990 the 24-year-old signed for FC Nantes in France, scoring two goals in 19 games in his first season in Ligue 1; his first professional contract arrived as Argentine Jorge Burruchaga was recovering from injury and accepted to be given an amateur licence on behalf of his teammate.^[2]

N'Doram became something of a cult hero at Stade de la Beaujoire, scoring important goals as the club's 2000th in the top division, through a penalty against Lille OSC (1–0 win) or the second in a 3–2 home triumph against Juventus FC in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League semi-finals (3–4 aggregate loss).^[3] In 1994–95, he netted 12 goals as Les Canaris won their seventh national championship – the first in 12 years – bettering to a career-best 21 in the 1996–97 campaign (second-best in the competition).

Aged 31, N'Doram left Nantes and signed for fellow league side AS Monaco FC, winning the 1997 Trophée des Champions,^[4] but retired at the end of the season following a persistent injury sustained during a match against his former team.^[3] He then joined his last club's technical staff, working as a scout.^[2]

N'Doram returned to Nantes on 28 June 2005, replacing Robert Budzynski as director of football. In February 2007 he was appointed team manager, leaving his post in July as the season ended in relegation.^[5]^[6]

Personal life

N'Doram holds Chadian and French nationalities.^[7] His son, Kévin, is also a footballer. He played for Monaco.^[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[9]^[10]
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tourbillon	1984	Chad Premier League
	1985
	1986
	1987
	1988
Tonnerre	1988	Elite One
	1989			15						15
	1990		32	18					32	18
Nantes Atlantique	1990–91	French Division 1	19	2	3	1	0	0	22	3
	1991–92		25	4	1	0	0	0	26	4
	1992–93		31	10	5	0	0	0	36	10
	1993–94		26	8	4	0	1	0	31	8
	1994–95		32	12	1	1	8	3	41	16
	1995–96		24	15	2	1	7	3	33	19
	1996–97		35	21	0	0	0	0	35	21
	Total		192	72	17	3	16	6	225	81
Monaco	1997–98	French Division 1	13	1	1	2	2	0	16	3
Career total			237	91	18	5	18	6	273	102

Honours

Nantes Atlantique

French Division 1: 1994–95

AS Monaco

Trophée des Champions: 1997

Individual

1995 Ballon d'Or:nominated

References

^ Japhet N’Doram, le sorcier tchadien (Japhet N’Doram, the Chadian wizard); Afrik Foot, 10 October 2010 (in French)
^ ^a ^b Japhet N'Doram, le buteur sensible (Japhet N'Doram, the sensible scorer); at Foot Nostalgie (in French)
^ ^a ^b Japhet N’Doram: le sorcier de La Beaujoire (Japhet N’Doram: the wizard of La Beaujoire) Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Tchachadi (in French)
^ "Béziers, 17 ans plus tard". ogcnice.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Japhet N’Doram, l’ancien international tchadien de Nantes et Monaco (Japhet N’Doram, former Chad international of Nantes and Monaco) Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Journal du Tchad, 5 November 2010 (in French)
^ N'Doram, la voix des champs (N'Doram, the voice of champs); Ouest-France, 26 August 2016 (in French)
^ https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=japhet-ndoram ^{[bare URL]}
^ Germain et N’Doram, tels pères, tels fils (Germain and N’Doram, like fathers, like sons); Le Figaro, 18 May 2017 (in French)
^ "Japhet N'Doram" (in French). Pari et Gagne. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
^ "Japhet N'Doram". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

External links

Japhet N'Doram at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Japhet N'Doram – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Japhet N'Doram at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Japhet N’Doram, le sorcier tchadien (Japhet N’Doram, the Chadian wizard); Afrik Foot, 10 October 2010 (in French)

[FOOT-2] Japhet N'Doram, le buteur sensible (Japhet N'Doram, the sensible scorer); at Foot Nostalgie (in French)

[SORCIER-3] Japhet N’Doram: le sorcier de La Beaujoire (Japhet N’Doram: the wizard of La Beaujoire) Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Tchachadi (in French)

[4] "Béziers, 17 ans plus tard". ogcnice.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Japhet N’Doram, l’ancien international tchadien de Nantes et Monaco (Japhet N’Doram, former Chad international of Nantes and Monaco) Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Journal du Tchad, 5 November 2010 (in French)

[6] N'Doram, la voix des champs (N'Doram, the voice of champs); Ouest-France, 26 August 2016 (in French)

[7] ttps://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=japhet-ndoram ^{[bare URL]}

[8] Germain et N’Doram, tels pères, tels fils (Germain and N’Doram, like fathers, like sons); Le Figaro, 18 May 2017 (in French)

[9] "Japhet N'Doram" (in French). Pari et Gagne. Retrieved 10 February 2017.

[10] "Japhet N'Doram". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

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