Moumi Ngamaleu

Moumi Ngamaleu

Ngamaleu with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Brice Moumi Ngamaleu [1]
Date of birth	(1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Moscow
Number	13
Youth career
2010–2011	Musango Yaoundé
2011–2013	Canon Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Coton Sport	67	(33)
2016–2017	Altach	30	(6)
2017–2022	Young Boys	158	(30)
2022–	Dynamo Moscow	45	(8)
International career‡
2015–	Cameroon	49	(4)
Medal record Representing   Cameroon Men's football Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:57, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Nicolas Brice Moumi Ngamaleu (born 9 July 1994) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow and the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Ngamaleu was still only 17 when he made his Elite One debut with Coton Sport FC de Garoua. He won three domestic titles in his home land before moving to Austria in 2016. He helped Rheindorf Altach finish fourth in the Austrian league. ^[2]

He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years. ^[3]

On 8 September 2022, Ngamaleu signed with Dynamo Moscow in Russia for two seasons, with an option to extend. ^[4]

In the 2023–24 season, Ngamaleu scored two winning goals, both deep in added time against Sochi and Baltika Kaliningrad on 5 May and 11 May respectively, as Dynamo overtook Zenit and Krasnodar to take a 2-point lead in the Russian Premier League table with 2 games to go. ^{[5] [6]} On 18 May, he scored an added-time goal in third consecutive game, establishing the final score in a 4–1 victory over Krylia Sovetov. ^[7]

On 1 June 2024, Dynamo confirmed that the performance-based extension option for the 2024–25 season has been triggered in his contract. ^[8]

International career

Ngamaleu made his debut with the Cameroon national team against Guinea on 28 March 2017. ^[2] He was included in the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia. ^[9]

He placed third with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, where he supplied two assists and converted one penalty in the penalty shoot-out against Burkina Faso in the third-place playoff. He started in six out of seven matches and played one half in the last game.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2024 ^[10]

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
SCR Altach	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	27	6	0	0	—		—		27	6
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	3	0	1	1	6 [lower-alpha 1]	2	—		10	3
	Total		30	6	1	1	6	2	—		37	9
Young Boys	2017–18	Swiss Super League	27	3	5	1	6 [lower-alpha 1]	1	—		38	5
	2018–19	Swiss Super League	32	12	4	1	8 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		44	13
	2019–20	Swiss Super League	33	7	6	4	7 [lower-alpha 3]	0	—		46	11
	2020–21	Swiss Super League	28	3	1	0	11 [lower-alpha 4]	1	—		40	4
	2021–22	Swiss Super League	31	4	1	0	6 [lower-alpha 5]	1	—		38	5
	2022–23	Swiss Super League	7	1	0	0	5 [lower-alpha 6]	0	—		12	1
	Total		158	30	17	6	43	3	—		218	39
Dynamo Moscow	2022–23	Russian Premier League	19	2	6	0	—		—		25	2
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	26	6	7	1	—		—		33	7
	Total		45	8	13	1	—		—		58	9
Career total			233	44	31	8	49	5	0	0	313	57

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
6. Five appearances UEFA Conference League qualifiers

International

As of match played 16 October 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2016	5	2
	2017	9	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	3	1
	2020	3	0
	2021	10	1
	2022	12	0
	2023	6	0
Total		49	4

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngamaleu goal. ^[11]

List of international goals scored by Moumi Ngamaleu

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 January 2016	Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, Rwanda	Rwanda	1–1	1–1	Friendly
2	25 January 2016	Stade Huye, Butare, Rwanda	DR Congo	2–1	3–1	2016 African Nations Championship
3	17 November 2019	Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda	Rwanda	1–0	1–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4	6 September 2021	Stade National de la Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast	2–1	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Coton Sport

• Elite One: 2013, 2014, 2015

Young Boys

• Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 ^{[12] [13]}
• Swiss Cup: 2019–20 ^[14]

International

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations Bronze: 2021

Individual

• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20 ^[15]

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
2. FIFA.com
3. Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
4. "Николас Муми Нгамалё стал футболистом "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
5. ""Динамо" выиграло у "Сочи", команды забили 4 из 5 голов в конце 2-го тайма" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 5 May 2024.
6. ""Динамо", забив дважды в компенсированное время, обыграло "Балтику" и стало лидером Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 11 May 2024.
7. "Dynamo v Krylia Sovetov game report". Russian Premier League. 18 May 2024.
8. "У Николя Нгамалё активировалась опция продления контракта на сезон-2024/25" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 1 June 2024.
9. Mazibuko, Sandile. "Christian Bassogog tops Cameroon Confederation Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
10. Moumi Ngamaleu at Soccerway
11. "Ngamaleu, Moumi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
12. "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
13. "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
14. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
15. "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.