Joël Landry Tsafack Nguémo (born 28 November 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He has previously played for Nancy, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne in France and for Scottish club Celtic on loan. Nguémo has played for the Cameroon national team since 2006, including at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
 Nguémo playing for Celtic in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joël Landry Tsafack Nguémo | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nancy (youth coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Nancy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Nancy | 127 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | → Celtic (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Bordeaux | 67 | (2) |
| 2015 | Saint-Étienne | 14 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 21 | (2) |
| 2017 | Kayserispor | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Kongsvinger | 21 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Cameroon | 41 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Villers-les-Nancy (youth) | ||
| 2021– | Nancy (youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Early career edit
Nguémo is a native of Dschang, a town in western Cameroon, he played for various local teams in Dschang before moving to Yaounde aged 13.
He spent a short time in EMC.
Nancy edit
Nguémo was spotted by scouts of Nancy in Yaoundé and was promptly invited to France where he had trials before signing for the club aged 15. He made his debut aged 19 in August 2005 as a substitute against Lyon in a league match. He made his first start one month later against Troyes.
In January 2009, Nguémo said he would welcome a move away from the club after being linked by French and English media with moves to Arsenal, Sunderland and Everton.[1]
On 31 January 2009, Nguémo scored his first goal for Nancy, a dramatic 90th-minute winner in a match against Le Havre. His second goal for the club also came in dramatic circumstances when he again netted in the 90th minute on 23 May 2009 against Marseille but Nancy were beaten 2–1.
Loan to Celtic edit
After days of speculation, on 16 July 2009, Nguémo completed a one-year loan move to Celtic with an option to make it permanent. He wore the number 6 shirt the squad number previously allotted to Bobo Baldé.[2] Nguémo debut game came in the 0–0 draw against Cardiff City where he was awarded as Celtic's man of the match.[3] He made his competitive debut in the first leg of a Champions League qualifying tie against Dynamo Moscow in Glasgow, losing 1–0.[4] He was also part of the team that won 2–0 in the return leg in Moscow,[5] sending Celtic through to play Arsenal in the final qualifier for the Champions League. He made his league debut away to Aberdeen in a 3–1 win for Celtic.[6]
In total Nguémo made 35 appearances for Celtic without scoring. At the end of his loan period the two clubs were unable to agree a transfer fee for Nguémo and so he returned to AS Nancy.[7]
Bordeaux edit
On 4 July 2011, Nguémo moved from Nancy to Ligue 1 rivals Bordeaux, signing a three-year contract.[8] He played in 33 of Bordeaux's 38 league fixtures in his first season there, helping the club to fifth place and qualification for the following season's Europa League.[9] On 3 October 2013 in a Europa League tie against Maccabi Tel Aviv, Nguémo suffered what was initially suspected to be a minor heart attack. He was substituted and taken to hospital where he underwent extensive tests, with nothing untoward found.[10] Nguémo stated on his Twitter account afterwards that "There is nothing serious. I went back home from hospital after an electrocardiogram"[11] and he returned to first team action just over two weeks later in a Ligue 1 match against Lyon.[12]
Saint-Etienne edit
In January 2015, Nguémo signed a six-month contract with Saint-Étienne.[13]
Turkish football edit
On 29 August 2015, Nguémo signed with Turkish Süper Lig club Akhisar Belediyespor on a three-year contract after being released from Saint-Étienne at the end of the 2014–15 season.[14]
Nguémo joined another Turkish club, Kayserispor, in January 2017, signing a contract until 2019.[15]
International career edit
Nguémo made 42 appearances for Cameroon, scoring 3 times.
Coaching career edit
After a spell at Norwegian side Kongsvinger in 2019, Nguémo retired from football. In May 2020, Nguémo was named U18 manager of french club COS Villers-les-Nancy.[16] In June 2021, Nguémo was hired as a youth coach at his former club, AS Nancy.[17]
Personal life edit
Nguémo is a keen falconer and keeps a modest collection of bird of prey, with his favourite, a white-tailed eagle named Mr George after George Weah.[18]
He was naturalized French in December 2007.[19]
Honours edit
Nancy
- French League Cup: 2006
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up:2008[20]
References edit
- ^ Goodchild, Alex (20 January 2009). "Arsenal chase Landry N'Guemo". Eyefootball. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
- ^ "Mowbray welcomes Nguémo signing". BBC Sport. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ^ "Celts continue to make progress". Celtic FC. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ "Celtic suffer Dynamo defeat at Parkhead - Scottish Professional Football League". Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "BBC SPORT - Football - Europe - D'mo Moscow 0-2 Celtic (agg 1-2)". 5 August 2009.
- ^ "BBC SPORT - Football - Scottish Premier - Aberdeen 1-3 Celtic". 15 August 2009.
- ^ No go N’Guemo: Celtic switch attention to N’Diaye after move for Nancy Bhoy stalls Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine STV Sport, 19 June 2010
- ^ "N'Guemo signs deal with Bordeaux". BBC News. 2 July 2011.
- ^ McHugh, Joe (25 May 2012). "Whatever happened to loan Celt Landry N'Guemo". Video Celts. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Bamba, Malick (4 October 2013). "Bordeaux : alerte cardiaque pour Landry Nguemo". Afrik Foot. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Mulnago, Valentine (6 October 2013). "Cameroon Landry Nguemo confirms he is free from heart attack". Cameroon Info. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "La saison 2013/14 de Landry Nguemo, Girondins de Bordeaux". Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Landry Nguemo en renfort". asse.fr. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "N'Guemo Akhisar Belediyespor'da". Akhisar Haber (in Turkish). 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Landry N'Guemo à Kayserispor". L'Equipe (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ L’ancien professionnel de Nancy Landry Nguémo entraîneur de jeunes à Villers-lès-Nancy !, vosgesmatin.fr, 9 May 2020
- ^ AS Nancy: Cameroonian Landry N'Guemo appointed U16 coach, sportnewsafrica.com, 19 June 2021
- ^ "World Cup 2014: Cameroon – the secrets behind the players".
- ^ "Le Foot Lorraine n°17 avr à sep 2008 - Page 24 - 25 - le Foot Lorraine n°17 avr à sep 2008 - le Foot Lorraine - football - collectifs - Sports - 1001mags - Magazines en PDF à 1 € et GRATUITS !".
- ^ "African Nations Cup 2008 - Match Details".
External linkLandry N'Guemo at Soccerbase edit
- FIFA Profile
- Landry N'Guemo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Landry Nguémo at National-Football-Teams.com