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Jessic Ngankam
Ngankam in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ngankam Jessic Gaïtan Ngankam[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hannover 96
(on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2006 Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf
2006–2019 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Hertha BSC II 25 (12)
2020–2022 Hertha BSC 19 (2)
2021–2022 → Greuther Fürth (loan) 6 (2)
2022 Greuther Fürth 0 (0)
2022–2023 Hertha BSC 18 (4)
2022–2023 Hertha BSC II 1 (0)
2023– Eintracht Frankfurt 15 (0)
2024 → Mainz 05 (loan) 7 (0)
2024– → Hannover 96 (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Germany U17 4 (0)
2018 Germany U18 3 (0)
2023 Germany U21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:16, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Ngankam Jessic Gaïtan Ngankam (born 20 July 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96, on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.[3]

Club career

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Ngankam made his professional debut for Hertha BSC on 16 May 2020 in the Bundesliga, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Vedad Ibišević in the away match against 1899 Hoffenheim, which finished as a 3–0 win.[4]

He moved to Greuther Fürth in July 2021 on a season-long loan. Greuther Fürth secured an option to sign him permanently.[5]

On 31 May 2022, Ngankam returned to Hertha BSC and signed a contract extension to 2025.[6] On 14 July 2023, he signed a deal with another Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt until 2028.[7]

On 1 February 2024, Ngankam was loaned by Mainz 05 until the end of the season.[8] He was then loaned by Hannover 96 for the 2024–25 season.[9]

International career

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Ngankam was included in Germany's squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He made four appearances during the tournament, in which Germany were eliminated in the quarter-finals with a 2–1 loss against Brazil. The following year, he made three appearances for the under-18 national team.[3]

Personal life

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Ngankam was born in Berlin, and is of Cameroonian descent.[10] His brother Roussel is also a footballer, and appeared for the Germany youth national teams.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2017. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Jessic Ngankam". Hertha BSC. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Jessic Ngankam at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "1899 Hoffenheim – Hertha BSC 0:3 (Bundesliga 2019/2020, 26. Round)". WorldFootball.net. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Mit Kaufoption: Fürth leiht Hertha-Angreifer Ngankam aus". kicker (in German). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "JESSIC NGANKAM RETURNS TO HERTHA". Hertha BSC. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Jessic Ngankam wechselt zu Eintracht Frankfurt" (in German). Bundesliga. 14 July 2023.
  8. ^ "05ER LEIHEN JESSIC NGANKAM" [05ER LOAN JESSIC NGANKAM] (in German). Mainz 05. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Ngankam will in Hannover wieder durchstarten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ Richter, Theodor (9 March 2019). "Schafft das nächste Hertha-Talent den Sprung zu den Profis?".
  11. ^ "Jessic Ngankam: Who is Eintracht Frankfurt's new German forward?". Bundesliga. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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