Nathan Ngoumou
.jpg) Ngoumou training with Toulouse in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan N’Goumou Minpole[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Toulouse, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2019 | Toulouse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Toulouse II | 35 | (8) |
| 2019–2022 | Toulouse | 47 | (10) |
| 2022– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 69 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | France U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | France U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2025– | Cameroon | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:25, 19 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Nathan Ngoumou Minpole (born 14 March 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
[edit]Toulouse
[edit]A youth product of Toulouse, Ngoumou signed his first professional contract with his boyhood club in November 2018.[2] He made his professional debut for Toulouse in a 2–1 Ligue 1 loss to Dijon on 24 May 2019.[3]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
[edit]On 30 August 2022, Ngoumou signed a five-year contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany.[4]
International career
[edit]Born in France, Ngoumou is of Cameroonian and Gabonese descent.[5] On 5 February 2019, he was called up to represent the France U19s.[6]
On 7 March 2025, Ngoumou's request to switch allegiance to Cameroon was approved by FIFA.[1]
Ngoumou made his debut for Cameroon national team on 19 March 2025 in a World Cup qualifier 0–0 draw against Eswatini, substituting Jackson Tchatchoua in the 78th minute.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Ngoumou's is the cousin of the Cameroonian international footballer Achille Emaná, and his grandfather Clément Ebozo'o Eya'a was the second Gabonese footballer to play in the Division 1 in the 1960s.[8] He also holds Cameroonian citizenship.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 15 March 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toulouse II | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 18 | 4 | — | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 8 | — | — | — | 35 | 8 | |||||
| Toulouse | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 8 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 11 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 6 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| Total | 69 | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 76 | 9 | ||||
| Career total | 151 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 28 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 19 March 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Toulouse
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA Change of Association Platform". Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Formation, pros, Gambardella… dans la tête de deux jeunes Toulousains". Le Quotidien du Foot. 17 March 2019.
- ^ "LIVE - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2018/2019 - Week 38 - Dijon FCO / Toulouse FC". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019.
- ^ "BORUSSIA SIGN NATHAN NGOUMOU FROM TOULOUSE". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Nathan N'GOUMOU MINPOLE - Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels". www.unfp.org.
- ^ "Nathan Ngoumou appelé en équipe de France U19". ToulouseFC.
- ^ "Eswatini v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Graine de Pitchouns - Nathan Ngoumou". ToulouseFC.
- ^ "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ UNFP [@UNFP] (15 May 2022). "Un onze-type qui a vu la vie en rose cette saison, ne cuvée 2021-2022 qui a fière allure, n'est-ce pas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- Nathan Ngoumou at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Nathan Ngoumou – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
- Nathan Ngoumou at Soccerway
- Les Violets Profile
- TFC Profile
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Toulouse
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- International sportspeople born abroad
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- Cameroonian people of Gabonese descent
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- French sportspeople of Gabonese descent
- Toulouse FC players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Black French sportspeople
- Sportspeople of Gabonese descent
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century French sportsmen