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.
 Ngamaleu with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nicolas Brice Moumi Ngamaleu[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 57 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Cameroon | 56 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editNgamaleu 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] On 2 August 2024, Ngamaleu extended his contract with Dynamo for the 2025–26 season, with an option for 2026–27.[9]
International career
editNgamaleu 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.[10]
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]
On November 10, 2022, he was selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 28 November 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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[a] | 2 | — | 10 | 3 | ||
| Total | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 37 | 9 | |||
| Young Boys | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6[a] | 1 | — | 38 | 5 | |
| 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 32 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 44 | 13 | ||
| 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7[c] | 0 | — | 46 | 11 | ||
| 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11[d] | 1 | — | 40 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6[e] | 1 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[f] | 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 | |||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 5 | |||
| Total | 57 | 13 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 72 | 14 | ||||
| Career total | 245 | 49 | 33 | 8 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 62 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Five appearances UEFA Conference League qualifiers
International
edit- As of match played 19 November 2024
| 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 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngamaleu goal.[12]
| 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
editCoton Sport
- Elite One: 2013, 2014, 2015
Young Boys
International
editCameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations Bronze: 2021
Individual
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20[16]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b FIFA.com
- ^ Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Николас Муми Нгамалё стал футболистом "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ ""Динамо" выиграло у "Сочи", команды забили 4 из 5 голов в конце 2-го тайма" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 5 May 2024.
- ^ ""Динамо", забив дважды в компенсированное время, обыграло "Балтику" и стало лидером Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Dynamo v Krylia Sovetov game report". Russian Premier League. 18 May 2024.
- ^ "У Николя Нгамалё активировалась опция продления контракта на сезон-2024/25" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 1 June 2024.
- ^ "«Динамо» и Николя Нгамалё продлили контракт" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 August 2024.
- ^ Mazibuko, Sandile. "Christian Bassogog tops Cameroon Confederation Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Moumi Ngamaleu at Soccerway
- ^ "Ngamaleu, Moumi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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