Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jerome Ngom Mbekeli [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | APEJES Academy | ||
2018–2019 | MFK Vyškov | ||
2019 | Swope Park Rangers | 19 | (2) |
2020 | San Diego Loyal | 1 | (0) |
2021 | APEJES Academy | ||
2022–2023 | Colombe Sportive | ||
2023 | Beveren | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Sheriff Tiraspol | 17 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Cameroon | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023 |
Jerome Ngom Mbekeli (born 30 September 1998) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan Super Liga.
In January 2019, Mbekeli joined USL Championship club Swope Park Rangers. [2] After scoring twice against Bethlehem Steel, he was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week. [3]
On 5 July 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the singing of Ngom Mbekeli from Beveren. [4]
Mbekeli was named to Cameroon's roster for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [5] He was one of the few amateur players at the tournament, making approximately the minimum wage in his home nation of Cameroon. [6] During the competition, he would make his mark with an incredible assist for his captain Vincent Aboubakar in Cameroon's historic 1–0 victory over Brazil on Matchday 3 of the group phase.
His few minutes at the World Cup enabled him to break away from Belgian 2nd division club SK Beveren, who later bought him for 400k euros.
After the World Cup with Cameroon, he will take part in the 2022 African Nations Championship in Algeria. He scored the only goal of the game in his side's victory over Congo. But with the subsequent defeat (by the same score) to Niger, he and Cameroon were eliminated from the competition.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting Kansas City II | 2019 | USL Championship | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
San Diego Loyal | 2020 | USL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
S.K. Beveren | 2022-23 | Challenger Pro League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Sheriff | 2023-24 | Super Liga | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
Career Total | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8 |
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