Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui

Cameroonian footballer

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
Ngadeu-Ngadjui with Slavia Prague in 2018
Personal information
Full name Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
Date of birth (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990 (age 33)
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 68 (7)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2017 Gabon
Third place 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2021
Ngadeu playing for Botoșani against Concordia Chiajna in Liga I

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

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

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

In July 2019, Ngadeu moved to Belgian club Gent.[7]

Beijing Guoan

On 30 March 2023, Ngadeu joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.[8]

International career

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

Club

As of 4 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ^ Nine appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
  7. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of match played 11 October 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2016 4 0
2017 17 2
2018 4 0
2019 9 0
2020 1 0
2021 7 2
Total 42 4
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal.[12]
List of international goals scored by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 January 2017 Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon  Guinea-Bissau 2–1 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
2 2 February 2017 Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon  Ghana 1–0 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
3 3 September 2021 Paul Biya Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Malawi 2–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 11 October 2021 Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangiers, Morocco  Mozambique 1–0 1–0

Honours

Slavia Prague

Gent

Cameroon

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Interview mit dem Kameruner Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui - International - Fußball - sportschau.de". www.sportschau.de. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b c "Double Slavia". Slavia Prague. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b @fortunaligacz (22 May 2019). "Nejlepším obráncem Michael Ngadeu..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Welcome Michael Ngadeu!".
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Football, Camfoot. "Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui new captain of Indomitable Lions". www.camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2018.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ a b "Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Michael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

External links

  • Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at Fortunaliga.cz Edit this at Wikidata
  • Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  • Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at Soccerway
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Cameroon squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners (5th title)
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Cameroon squad – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
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Cameroon squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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Cameroon squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations third place
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