Jean-Pierre Nsame

Jean-Pierre Nsame (born 1 May 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Young Boys and the Cameroon national football team.

Jean-Pierre Nsame
Nsame with Young Boys in August 2017
Personal information
Full name Jean-Pierre Nsame
Date of birth (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2012 Angers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Angers II 38 (22)
2012–2016 Angers 23 (1)
2013–2014 → Carquefou (loan) 22 (0)
2014–2015 → Amiens (loan) 34 (7)
2016–2017 Servette 31 (23)
2017– Young Boys 107 (67)
National team‡
2017– Cameroon 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:54, 28 January 2021 (UTC)~
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:21, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

France

Nsame made his professional debut in April 2012 for Angers in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Metz.[1] He made 23 appearances for Angers over four seasons with the club and also enjoyed loan spells with Carquefou and Amiens in the Championnat National.

At the end of the 2015–16 season, having failed to break into the first team on a regular basis, Nsame was released by the club. In July 2016, Nsame went on trial at English League One side Walsall and played in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Norwich City. However, after negative details emerged about his past, he was released by the club.[2][3]

Servette

On 23 August 2016 Nsame signed for Swiss Challenge League side Servette. He finished as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, helping the club to an impressive third place finish after their promotion the previous season.

Young Boys

His goals attracted interest from other clubs and in July 2017, after only one year in Geneva, he joined Young Boys of the Swiss Super League. In his first season, he was part of the Young Boys squad that won the Super League title for the first time in 32 years.[4] They clinched the title with a 2–1 win over Luzern on 28 April 2018, with Nsame scoring an 89th minute winner.[5] He helped the club retain their title the following campaign, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances.

On 14 September 2019, Nsame netted his first hat-trick for the club in an 11–2 victory over fifth division side FC Freienbach in the second round of the Swiss Cup. Five days later, he scored his first goal in European competition in a 1–2 defeat to Portuguese side FC Porto in the group stage of the Europa League.[6] On 24 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 win over FC Sion in the Swiss Super League; the match also saw Pajtim Kasami score a hat-trick for Sion.[7]

In the 2019-20 Swiss Super league season Nsame finished the season as the league's top goalscorer with 32 goals in 32 matches[8] and powered the Young Boys to winning the Swiss double, by winning the Swiss League for the 3rd straight time[9] and the Swiss Cup.[10]

International career

Nsame was called up to the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup.[11]

He earned his first cap for Cameroon when he started their match against Nigeria on 4 September 2017 in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup.[12]

Personal life

His family name is correctly spelled Nsame, not Nsamé.[13][14]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 January 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Angers 2011–12 Ligue 2 1000——10
2012–13 Ligue 2 17110—10191
2013–14 Ligue 2 0000——00
2014–15 Ligue 2 0000——00
2015–16 Ligue 1 5010—1070
Total 23120—20271
Carquefou (loan) 2013–14 Championnat National 22060——280
Amiens (loan) 2014–15 Championnat National 34723——3610
Servette 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League 312300——3123
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 31135290—4515
2018–19 Swiss Super League 31154150—4016
2019–20 Swiss Super League 32326782—4641
2020–21 Swiss Super League 1370097—2214
Total 107671510319—15386
Career total 21798251331920275120

1Includes appearances in the Coupe de France and Swiss Cup
2Includes appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
3Includes appearances in the Coupe de la Ligue

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

  • Swiss Challenge League Top Scorer: 2016–17 (23 goals)
  • Swiss Super League Top Scorer: 2019–20 (32 goals)

References
  1. "FC Metz vs. Angers SCO" (in French). lfp.fr. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Trialist Jean-Pierre Nsame in Walsall squad to take on Norwich City". Bescot Banter. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. "Walsall end interest in Cameroon striker Jean-Pierre Nsame". Express & Star. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. "How Young Boys shook their nearly-men tag to lift the title and make the Champions League". These Football Times. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. "Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. "FC Porto 2-1 BSC Young Boys Bern". Sky Sports. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. "FC Sion 3-4 BSC Young Boys Bern". Sky Sports. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. "Top Scorers Swiss Super League 2019-2020 - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  9. "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". beIN SPORTS. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  10. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  11. Mazibuko, Sandile. "Christian Bassogog tops Cameroon Confederation Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  12. "2018 World Cup: Cameroon fail to qualify after Nigeria draw". BBC Sport. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  13. ""Es zerreisst mich, dass ich mein Kind nicht sehen darf"" [«It tears me up that I can't see my child»]. blick.ch (in German). Blick. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  14. "Jean-Pierre Nsame (Angers) mis en examen pour violences sur son bébé". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  15. "J. NSAMÉ". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  16. "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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