Ariel Ngueukam

Ariel Ngueukam
Personal information
Full name Ariel Thierry Ngueukam
Date of birth (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
SJK
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 JIPPO 34 (17)
2012 FC Lahti 9 (7)
2012-2013 Denizlispor 10 (1)
2013–2014 FC Lahti 37 (12)
2015– SJK 32 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in Finland.

Career

Born in Yaoundé, Ngueukam began playing football as a striker with local sides FC Achille de Sa'a and FC Lotus-Terek. After unsuccessful trials with clubs in Hungary and Bulgaria, he signed with Finnish second division club JIPPO where he would score 13 goals in his first 11 matches.[2]

His performances with JIPPO led to a contract in the first division with FC Lahti.[3] Ngueukam scored two goals on his debut for FC Lahti on 31 August 2012.[4] Ngueukam signed for Turkish club Denizlispor in January 2013, but returned to Lahti at the end of the 2012–13 season.[5]

References

  1. Tchana, Etienne Fréjus (17 January 2013). "Ariel Thierry Ngueukam: Un lion qui rugit en Finlande" [Ariel Thierry Ngueukam: A lion roars in Finland] (in French). Journal du Cameroun.
  2. Ariel Ngueukam profile at Soccerway
  3. "Ariel Ngueukam upotti Hongan" (in Finnish). HS.fi. 31 August 2012.
  4. "DENIZLISPOR, ARIEL THIERRY NGUEUKAM ILE ANLASTI" (in Turkish). haberler.com. 16 January 2013.
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