Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui

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 (age 34)
Place of birth	Bafang, Cameroon
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Beijing Guoan
Number	32
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	18	(1)
2012–2014	1. FC Nürnberg II	54	(4)
2014–2016	Botoșani	53	(7)
2016–2019	Slavia Prague	76	(7)
2019–2023	Gent	119	(9)
2023–	Beijing Guoan	57	(4)
International career‡
2016–	Cameroon	60	(5)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2017 Gabon 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2024

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan and captains the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Ngadeu 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 SV Sandhausen II and 1. FC Nürnberg II, before transferring to Romanian club 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.

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. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4] At the end of the 2018–19 Czech First League season, he was voted the league's best defender. ^[5]

Gent

In July 2019, Ngadeu moved to Belgian club Gent. ^[6]

Beijing Guoan

On 30 March 2023, Ngadeu joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan. ^[7] On 15 April 2024, Ngadeu made his debut for Guoan in a 1-1 home draw against Meizhou Hakka. ^[8] On 13 August 2023, he scored his first goal for Guoan in a 1-0 away win against Nantong Zhiyun. ^[9]

International career

Ngadeu made his senior debut for the Cameroon national team in a 2–0 win over The Gambia for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. ^[10] 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. ^[11] He played in all 3 group games for Cameroon in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

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. ^[12] He participated the 2019 and 2021 editions of Africa Cup of Nations, playing every single minute in both tournaments except the third place play-off of the latter. However, he was not included in Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Botoșani	2014–15	Liga I	28	1	1	0	–		–		29	1
	2015–16		25	6	0	0	0	0	–		25	6
	Total		53	7	1	0	0	0	–		54	7
Slavia Prague	2016–17	Czech First League	27	6	4	0	5 [a]	0	–		36	6
	2017–18		20	1	2	0	9 [b]	1	–		31	2
	2018–19		29	0	3	0	13 [c]	1	–		45	1
	Total		76	7	9	0	27	2	–		112	9
Gent	2019–20	Belgian First Division A	29	3	1	0	12 [a]	1	–		42	4
	2020–21		27	1	0	0	7 [d]	0	–		34	1
	2021–22		33	4	3	0	13 [e]	0	–		49	4
	2022–23		30	1	3	0	11 [f]	0	1 [g]	0	45	1
	Total		119	9	7	0	43	1	1	0	170	10
Beijing Guoan	2023	Chinese Super League	29	1	2	0	–		–		31	1
	2024		28	3	2	0	–		–		30	3
	Total		57	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	61	4
Career total			305	27	21	0	70	3	1	0	397	30

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
4. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
6. Nine appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
7. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of match played 13 November 2024 ^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2016	4	0
	2017	17	2
	2018	4	0
	2019	9	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	9	2
	2022	9	0
	2024	7	1
Total		60	5

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal. ^[13]

List of international goals scored by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 January 2017	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon	Guinea-Bissau	2–1	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
2	2 February 2017	Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon	Ghana	1–0	2–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
3	3 September 2021	Paul Biya Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Malawi	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	11 October 2021	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangiers, Morocco	Mozambique	1–0	1–0
5	8 June 2024	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Cape Verde	1–0	4–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2016–17, 2018–19 ^[4]
• Czech Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19 ^[4]

Gent

• Belgian Cup: 2021–22

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2017

Individual

• Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2017 ^[11]
• Czech First League Best Defender of the Season: 2018–19 ^[5]

References

1. "Interview mit dem Kameruner Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui - International - Fußball - sportschau.de". www.sportschau.de. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017.
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. "Tvrdík se zlobí na Fulham! Ngadeu byl téměř prodaný, přestup padl". February 2019. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
4. "Double Slavia". Slavia Prague. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
5. @fortunaligacz (22 May 2019). "Nejlepším obráncem Michael Ngadeu..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. "Welcome Michael Ngadeu!".
7. "官方：德索萨、阿代米、恩加德乌、韩佳奇等8人加盟北京国安" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
8. "国安1-1梅州，张稀哲点射救主，叶楚贵爆射破门，阿代米造点". Dongqiudi. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
9. "北京国安1-0南通支云，恩加德乌凌空飞踢制胜，张稀哲献助攻". Dongqiudi. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
10. Lantheaume, Romain (3 September 2016). "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.
11. "Bassogog named Total Man of the Competition". CAF. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
12. Football, Camfoot. "Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui new captain of Indomitable Lions". www.camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
13. "Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Michael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

External links

• Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at Fortunaliga.cz
• Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at National-Football-Teams.com
• Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui at Soccerway