Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Gent and captains the Cameroon national team as a defender.

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
Place of birth Bafang, Cameroon
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Gent
Number 5
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
2012–2014 1. FC Nürnberg II 54 (4)
2014–2016 Botoșani 54 (7)
2016–2019 Slavia Prague 112 (9)
2019– Gent 43 (3)
National team‡
2016– Cameroon 24 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July 2019
Ngadeu playing for Botoșani against Concordia Chiajna in Liga I

Club career

He 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 Sandhausen II and Nürnberg II, before transferring to 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.

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]

International career

He made his senior debut for the Cameroon national football team in a 2–0 win over The Gambia for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[8] 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.[9]

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.

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.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 30 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Botoșani 2014–15 Liga I 2811000—291
2015–16 2560000—256
Total 5371000—547
Slavia Prague 2016–17 Fortuna liga 2764050—366
2017–18 2012091—312
2018–19 29030131—451
Total 76790272—1129
Gent 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 29310121—424
2020–21 700050—120
Total 36310171—544
Career total 165171104430022020

International
As of matches played on 12 July 2019[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 201640
2017162
201840
201960
Total302
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
118 January 2017Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon Guinea-Bissau2–12–12017 Africa Cup of Nations
22 February 2017Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Ghana1–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club

Slavia Prague

International

Cameroon

References
  1. http://www.sportschau.de/fussball/international/afrika-cup-interview-ngadeu-ngadjui-100.html
  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. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.match.jablonec.slavia-prague.1242394.en.html
  4. https://sport.tn.nova.cz/clanek/tvrdik-se-zlobi-na-fulham-ngadeu-byl-temer-prodany-prestup-padl.html
  5. https://en.slavia.cz/zapas.asp?id=Double-Slavia-3368
  6. https://twitter.com/fortunaligacz/status/1131178256370143232
  7. https://www.kaagent.be/nl/supporter/news/17-07-2019/welcome-michael-ngadeu
  8. Lantheaume, Romain. "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.
  9. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "Bassogog named Total Man of the Competition". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  10. Football, Camfoot. "Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui new captain of Indomitable Lions". www.camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  11. "Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Michael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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