Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
![]() Ngadeu-Ngadjui with Slavia Prague in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 23 November 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bafang, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Beijing Guoan | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
Diables Rouges Maroua | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Canon Yaoundé | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Canon Yaoundé | |||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Kirchhörder SC | |||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | SV Sandhausen II | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 54 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Botoșani | 53 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Slavia Prague | 76 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Gent | 119 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Beijing Guoan | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016– | Cameroon | 54 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
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Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan and captains the Cameroon national team.
Club career
[edit]Ngadeu trained as a youth with Canon Yaoundé. After graduating in Cameroon, he spent six months learning German in order to study Civil Engineering in Germany.[1] Whilst in Germany, he played for SV Sandhausen II and 1. FC Nürnberg II, before transferring to Romanian club Botoșani in 2014, where he eventually wore the captain's armband.
Slavia Prague
[edit]Despite rumours linking him with a move to Steaua Bucharest,[2] in the summer of 2016 he completed a €500k transfer to Slavia Prague.
Upon his return from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, he scored the only hat-trick of his senior career for Slavia Prague in his first game back on 25 February 2017 in their 8–1 away win at Příbram. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.[3]
In January 2019, a €4.5 million transfer to Premier League side Fulham fell through at the last minute, after Ngadeu had flown to London and passed a medical.[4]
He again featured heavily in the 2018–19 season, both in Slavia's Europa League campaign that ended in the quarter finals, and domestically, where the team secured their first domestic double since 1942.[5] At the end of the 2018–19 Czech First League season, he was voted the league's best defender.[6]
Gent
[edit]In July 2019, Ngadeu moved to Belgian club Gent.[7]
Beijing Guoan
[edit]On 30 March 2023, Ngadeu joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.[8]
International career
[edit]Ngadeu made his senior debut for the Cameroon national team in a 2–0 win over The Gambia for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[9] He went on to play every minute of Cameroon's victorious 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, scoring two goals, including a clearance off the line followed by the winning goal in the group stage match against Guinea-Bissau. He was ultimately named one of three defenders in the Confederation of African Football's Team of the Tournament.[10] He played in all 3 group games for Cameroon in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
In September 2018, he was named as captain for new manager Clarence Seedorf's first 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game against The Comoros.[11] He participated the 2019 and 2021 editions of Africa Cup of Nations, playing every single minute in both tournaments except the third place play-off of the latter. However, he was not included in Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 4 November 2023
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Botoșani | 2014–15 | Liga I | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | ||
2015–16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 6 | |||
Total | 53 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 54 | 7 | |||
Slavia Prague | 2016–17 | Czech First League | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | – | 36 | 6 | |
2017–18 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9[b] | 1 | – | 31 | 2 | |||
2018–19 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13[c] | 1 | – | 45 | 1 | |||
Total | 76 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 2 | – | 112 | 9 | |||
Gent | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12[a] | 1 | – | 42 | 4 | |
2020–21 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13[e] | 0 | – | 49 | 4 | |||
2022–23 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11[f] | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
Total | 119 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 10 | ||
Beijing Guoan | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 1 | ||
Career total | 277 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 367 | 27 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Nine appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 8 June 2024[12]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
2017 | 17 | 2 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 9 | 0 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 9 | 2 | |
2022 | 9 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 54 | 5 |
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal.[12]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 18 January 2017 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
2 | 2 February 2017 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
3 | 3 September 2021 | Paul Biya Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 11 October 2021 | Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangiers, Morocco | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | |
5 | 8 June 2024 | Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Slavia Prague
Gent
Cameroon
Individual
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2017[10]
- Czech First League Best Defender of the Season: 2018–19[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview mit dem Kameruner Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui - International - Fußball - sportschau.de". www.sportschau.de. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017.
- ^ "EXCLUSIV Primul interviu dat în România de Ngadeu după câștigarea Cupei Africii » A vorbit și despre Steaua, dar și despre jucătorul pe care-l vede în naționala României". GSP (in Romanian). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
- ^ "Tvrdík se zlobí na Fulham! Ngadeu byl téměř prodaný, přestup padl". February 2019. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Double Slavia". Slavia Prague. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ a b @fortunaligacz (22 May 2019). "Nejlepším obráncem Michael Ngadeu..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Welcome Michael Ngadeu!".
- ^ "官方:德索萨、阿代米、恩加德乌、韩佳奇等8人加盟北京国安" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ Lantheaume, Romain (3 September 2016). "CAN 2017 : Le Cameroun sans forcer, l'Ethiopie en salle d'attente - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Bassogog named Total Man of the Competition". CAF. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Football, Camfoot. "Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui new captain of Indomitable Lions". www.camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Michael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at Fortunaliga.cz
- Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at National-Football-Teams.com
- Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at Soccerway
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from West Region (Cameroon)
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Regionalliga players
- Liga I players
- Czech First League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Chinese Super League players
- Canon Yaoundé players
- SV Sandhausen players
- 1. FC Nürnberg II players
- FC Botoșani players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- Beijing Guoan F.C. players
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in China