Goteh Ntignee

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Goteh Ntignee
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Ntignee in 2021 with Lokomotive Leipzig
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-10) May 10, 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Kpomassè, Benin
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Annecy
Number 11
Youth career
Grasslands SA
Eastside Memorial FC
Pacific Elite Soccer Institute
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Victoria Highlanders 8 (4)
2020–2022 Lokomotive Leipzig 2 (0)
2022 FC Grimma 12 (0)
2022–2024 Cavalry FC 18 (2)
2023–2024 → Annecy II (loan)
2024– Annecy 1 (0)
2024– Annecy II
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 30, 2024

Goteh Ntignee (born May 10, 2002) is a Beninese professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Ligue 2 side Annecy.

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Early life

Born in Kpomassè, Benin, Ntignee moved to Canada at age four, [1] first settling in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, before later moving to Brooks, Alberta and then Coaldale, Alberta, at ages nine and ten respectively. [2] Ntignee began playing youth soccer with Grasslands SA at age nine. [2] Afterwards, he played with Eastside Memorial FC, [3] later joining the Pacific Elite Soccer Institute. [4] [5] In 2018/19, he played at the senior amateur level with Westcatle United in the Vancouver Island Soccer League winning the league title, while winning the finals MVP and finishing as a finalist for Rookie of the Year. [6]

Club career

In April 2019, Ntignee joined the Victoria Highlanders in USL League Two. [6] He scored four goals in eight games during the 2019 season. [7]

In August 2020, he signed with German Regionalliga Nordost club FC Lokomotive Leipzig. [8]

On January 31, 2022, he moved to NOFV-Oberliga Süd club FC Grimma. [9] [10]

On August 10, 2022, Ntignee signed a multi-year contract with Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC. [11] [12] On October 8, he made his debut in the final game of the season against Pacific FC, helping set up the winning goal by Ben Fisk. [13] On June 24, he scored his first goal for the club against York United FC. [14] He was named to the CPL Team of the Week on three occasions that season. [15]

On August 31, 2023, Ntignee joined French Ligue 2 side Annecy on an initial loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season, with the deal set to become permanent at the end of the 2023–24 season. [16] [17] The transfer will be for a reported fee of $500,000 with additional add-ons, setting a new Canadian Premier League record for the league's highest transfer fee. [18] [19] After nursing an injury upon his arrival, he initially made a bench appearance as an unused substitute against Amiens on October 21, before appearing for the Annecy second team on October 22 against FC Échirolles in the sixth-tier Régional 1, in his club debut. [20] He spent the remainder of the season with the second team, never appearing for the first team. [21] [22] on 16 November 2024, he scored his first goals for Annecy, netting a hat trick in a Coupe de France match against sixth tier side FC Vesoul. [23]

International career

Ntingee was born in Benin and raised in Canada, and is of Nigerian descent. [24] [25] In 2017, Ntingee attended a development camp with the Canada U15 team. [26]

In 2019, he attended a camp with the Nigeria U17 team ahead of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [27]

Career statistics

As of match played November 30, 2024 [28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Victoria Highlanders FC 2019 [29] USL League Two 84———84
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2020–21 [30] Regionalliga Nordost 20——0 [a] 020
2021–22 [30] [31] 00—001 [a] 010
Total2000001030
FC Grimma 2021–22 [30] NOFV-Oberliga Süd 120——0 [a] 0120
Cavalry FC 2022 Canadian Premier League 101000—20
2023 1720010—182
Total182101000202
FC Annecy (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 2 00—00—00
FC Annecy 2024–25 10—23—33
Total1000230033
Career total406103310459
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Saxony Cup

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