Steve Ngoura
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| Date of birth | 22 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ivry-sur-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cercle Brugge | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | ES Vitry | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Choisy-le-Roi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Le Havre | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Le Havre B | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Le Havre | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Cercle Brugge | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | France U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 11 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | 5 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:16, 4 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Steve Ngoura (born 22 February 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne,[2] Ngoura grew up in Vitry, where he first played football, before joining the Le Havre Academy, after a two-year spell at Choisy-le-Roi.[3]
Club career
[edit]Steve Ngoura quickly rose as a great prospect of the Normand academy,[2][3] starting to play with the National 3 reserve during the 2021–22 season, after being a standout player in the Coupe Gambardella. His team reached the round of 16 in the youth competition, as Ngoura scored the only goal of the game against PSG, that knocked out a team including the likes of Warren Zaïre-Emery and Ismaël Gharbi.[4][5][6]
Ngoura made his professional debut as a 17-year-old for Le Havre in a Ligue 2 match againstValenciennes on 6 August 2022, coming on as substitute in the final five minutes of a 1-0 away defeat.[7] It was his only appearance during Le Havre's Ligue 2 title winning season. His next first-team appearance came almost 18 months later on 7 January 2024, replacing Daler Kuzyayev during a 2–1 at home in Coupe de France win to Caen.[8]
On 3 January 2025, Ngoura signed for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge for a fee of €3 million.[9]
International career
[edit]Ngoura was selected for the France squad for the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship played in Northern Ireland. He came on in the second-half of a 2-0 defeat to Spain in the final.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Ngoura is of Cameroonian descent.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 15 December 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Havre B | 2021–22 | National 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | National 3 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | National 3 | 12 | 4 | — | — | 12 | 4 | |||
| Total | 33 | 8 | — | — | 33 | 8 | ||||
| Le Havre | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Cercle Brugge | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 54 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Steve Ngoura at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Steve Ngoura, le futur attaquant du HAC ?". Foot Normand (in French). 30 January 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ a b Youcef, Rafik (11 August 2021). "Turfu [17/20] - Steve Ngoura (Le Havre AC) : " Je suis obnubilé par le but "". Onze Mondial (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Bricout, Nathan (30 January 2022). "Coupe Gambardella : le PSG prend la porte dès les seizièmes de finale !". Onze Mondial (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Poisnel, David (3 February 2022). "Football - Coupe Gambardella : le HAC se rendra à Lyon - La Duchère en 8es de finale". Paris-Normandie (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "16es I Le bon coup du Havre AC face au Paris-SG (1-0)". FFF tv. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Valenciennes vs Le Havre - 6 August 2022". Soccerway. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Ligue 2 : le HAC ne fait pas avancer le débat". Paris-Normandie (in French). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
Autre première, toujours aux avant-postes, celle qui accompagna Steve Ngoura à son entrée en jeu sur la pelouse du Hainaut (84e).
- ^ "Mercato : Le Havre officialise le départ de Steven Ngoura pour le Cercle Bruges en Belgique (Transferts)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Spain-France - UEFA Under-19 2024 Final". uefa.com. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Etom, Guy (16 June 2023). "Le Havre : Steve Ngoura passe pro".
- ^ Steve Ngoura at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Steve Ngoura at Soccerway
- Steve Ngoura at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Steve Ngoura sur SoFIFA.
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ivry-sur-Seine
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football forwards
- AS Choisy-le-Roi players
- Le Havre AC players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium