Yvan Neyou

Yvan Neyou

Neyou with Saint-Étienne in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Yvan Latour Neyou Noupa
Date of birth	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Getafe
Youth career
2010–2011 [1]	INF Clairefontaine
2011–2012	Linas-Montlhéry
2012–2015	Auxerre
2015–2016	Sedan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Sedan	17	(0)
2017–2019	Laval	22	(1)
2017–2019	Laval B	13	(4)
2019–2020	Braga B	22	(2)
2020	→ Saint-Étienne (loan)	9	(0)
2020–2023	Saint-Étienne	40	(1)
2022	Saint-Étienne B	2	(0)
2022–2023	→ Leganés (loan)	21	(0)
2023–2025	Leganés	65	(2)
2025–	Getafe	0	(0)
International career‡
2021–	Cameroon	11	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Yvan Latour Neyou Noupa (born 3 January 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Getafe and the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Sedan and Laval

Neyou started his career with Sedan in the Championnat National, where good performances had him linked with Belgian side Standard Liège ^[2] and French champions Paris Saint-Germain. ^[3] However, he ultimately joined Ligue 2 side Laval in early 2017. ^[4] He made his debut against Red Star on 10 February 2017, coming on as a substitute for Romain Bayard. ^[5]

Braga B

Neyou also enjoyed a stint with Braga B, during which the team was relegated from the LigaPro to the Campeonato de Portugal.^{[ citation needed ]}

Saint-Étienne

On 10 July 2020, Neyou joined Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne on a one-year loan with an option to buy. ^{[6] [7]} He made his first appearance with the club as a substitute in the 2020 Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain, which ended in a 1–0 victory for the Parisian club. ^{[8] [9]}

After putting up some good performances, Neyou earned himself a permanent deal with Saint-Étienne on 18 November 2020. He signed a contract lasting until 2024. ^[10]

Leganés

On 31 August 2022, Neyou moved to Spanish Segunda División side Leganés on a one-year loan deal. ^[11] On 1 August 2023, he signed a permanent two-year contract with the club. ^[12]

Getafe

Neyou joined La Liga club Getafe as a free agent on 1 July 2025, having signed a three-year contract. ^[13]

International career

Neyou holds Cameroonian and French nationalities. ^[14]

He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 4 June 2021. ^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 July 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sedan	2015–16	National	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2016–17	National	15	0	1	0	—		16	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	—		18	0
Laval	2016–17	Ligue 2	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2017–18	National	17	1	0	0	1 [a]	0	18	1
	Total		22	1	0	0	1	0	23	1
Laval B	2016–17	CFA 2	5	2	—		—		5	2
	2017–18	National 3	8	2	—		—		8	2
	Total		13	4	—		—		13	4
Braga B	2018–19	LigaPro	8	2	—		—		8	2
	2019–20	Campeonato de Portugal	14	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		22	2	—		—		22	2
Saint-Étienne (loan)	2019–20	Ligue 1	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
Saint-Étienne (loan)	2020–21	Ligue 1	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Saint-Étienne	2020–21	Ligue 1	22	1	0	0	—		22	1
	2021–22	Ligue 1	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2022–23	Ligue 2	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		40	1	0	0	0	0	38	1
Saint-Étienne B	2021–22	National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2022–23	National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		2	0	—		—		2	0
Leganés (loan)	2022–23	Segunda División	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Leganés	2023–24	Segunda División	35	1	1	0	—		36	1
	2024–25	La Liga	30	1	3	0	—		33	1
	Total		65	2	4	0	—		69	2
Career total			191	10	6	0	1	0	198	10

1. Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue

International

As of match played 19 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2021	3	0
	2022	2	0
	2023	1	0
	2024	5	0
Total		11	0

Honours

Saint-Étienne

• Coupe de France runner-up: 2019–20 ^[16]

Leganés

• Segunda División: 2023–24

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2021 ^[17]

References

1. Yvan Neyou at WorldFootball.net
2. "Yvan Neyou Noupa: Le Franco-Camerounais Dans Le Viseur Standard" (in French). africatopsports.com. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
3. "Le PSG sur Yvan Neyou Noupa de Sedan" (in French). culturepsg.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
4. "Source : Laval : Deux arrivées et un départ actés" (in French). foot-national.com. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
5. "Laval - Red Star (1-1)". L'Equipe (in French). 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
6. "Transfert : Yvan Neyou Noupa s'engage en faveur de Saint-Etienne en France". CAMFOOT. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
7. "Mercato : Yvan Neyou Noupa débarque à l'AS Saint-Etienne". Actu Cameroun. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
8. "PSG-SAINT-ETIENNE: NEYMAR DÉCISIF, MOULIN TRÈS EN VUE... LES NOTES DU SACRE PARISIEN". RMC Sport. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
9. "Coupe de France : trois anciens du Stade Lavallois contre le PSG ce soir !". france bleu. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
10. "Yvan Neyou Stéphanois jusqu'en 2024 !" [Yvan Neyou is Stéphanois until 2024!]. ASSE.fr (in French). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
11. "El C.D. Leganés fortalece su centro del campo con la llegada de Yvan Neyou" [C.D. Leganés bolster their midfield with the arrival of Yvan Neyou] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
12. "El C.D. Leganés incorpora en propiedad a Yvan Neyou" [C.D. Leganés sign Yvan Neyou permanently] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
13. Navacerrada, Juancar (1 July 2025). "Yvan Neyou, nuevo jugador del Getafe" [Yvan Neyou, new Getafe player]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
14. "Neyou".
15. "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2021-06-04 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
16. "Mbappé suffers ankle injury as PSG beat 10-man Saint-Étienne to lift French Cup". The Guardian . 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
17. AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

External links

• Yvan Neyou – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Yvan Neyou at Soccerway
• Yvan Neyou at L'Équipe Football (in French)