![]() Gouet with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Samuel Yves Oum Gwet | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 December 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ayos, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Politehnica Iași | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2016 | APEJES Academy | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Rheindorf Altach | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | APEJES Academy | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Rheindorf Altach | 99 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Mechelen | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Yverdon-Sport | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Politehnica Iași | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Cameroon U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Cameroon Olympic | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Cameroon | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023 |
Samuel Yves Oum Gwet (born 14 December 1997), known as Samuel Gouet, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Liga I club Politehnica Iași.
On 23 June 2021, Gouet signed a three-year contract with Mechelen in Belgium. [1]
On 26 July 2023, Gouet moved to Yverdon-Sport in Switzerland on a two-year contract. [2]
On 9 October 2020, Gouet made his international debut for Cameroon in a friendly match against Japan. [3] Gouet was one of the 26 players that are called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [4]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
2022 | 11 | 0 | |
2023 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 25 | 0 |
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