Yvan Latour Neyou Noupa (born 3 January 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Cameroon national team.
_16_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg) Neyou with Saint-Étienne in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yvan Latour Neyou Noupa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Leganés | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Sedan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Sedan | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Laval | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Laval B | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Braga B | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Saint-Étienne | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Saint-Étienne B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Leganés (loan) | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Leganés | 44 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Cameroon | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editSedan and Laval
editNeyou started his career with Sedan in the Championnat National, where good performances had him linked with Belgian side Standard Liège[1] and French champions Paris Saint-Germain.[2] However, he ultimately joined Ligue 2 side Laval in early 2017.[3] He made his debut against Red Star on 10 February 2017, coming on as a substitute for Romain Bayard.[4]
Braga B
editNeyou also enjoyed a stint with Braga B, during which the team was relegated from the LigaPro to the Campeonato de Portugal.[citation needed]
Saint-Étienne
editOn 10 July 2020, Neyou joined Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne on a one-year loan with an option to buy.[5][6] He made his first appearance with the club as a substitute in the 2020 Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain, which ended in a 1–0 victory for the Parisian club.[7][8]
After putting up some good performances, Neyou earned himself a permanent deal with Saint-Étienne on 18 November 2020. He signed a contract lasting until 2024.[9]
Leganés
editOn 31 August 2022, Neyou moved to Spanish Segunda División side Leganés on a one-year loan deal.[10] On 1 August 2023, he signed a permanent two-year contract with the club.[11]
International career
editNeyou holds Cameroonian and French nationalities.[12]
He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 4 June 2021.[13]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 2 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sedan | 2015–16 | National | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | National | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Laval | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | National | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Laval B | 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | National 3 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
| Total | 13 | 4 | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
| Braga B | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 8 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 14 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Saint-Étienne | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Saint-Étienne B | 2021–22 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Leganés (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Leganés | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Segunda División | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 45 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 170 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 10 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue.
International
edit- As of match played 19 November 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
Honours
editSaint-Étienne
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2019–20[14]
Leganés
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2021[15]
References
edit- ^ "Yvan Neyou Noupa: Le Franco-Camerounais Dans Le Viseur Standard" (in French). africatopsports.com. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Le PSG sur Yvan Neyou Noupa de Sedan" (in French). culturepsg.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Source : Laval : Deux arrivées et un départ actés" (in French). foot-national.com. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Laval - Red Star (1-1)". L'Equipe (in French). 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Transfert : Yvan Neyou Noupa s'engage en faveur de Saint-Etienne en France". CAMFOOT. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Mercato : Yvan Neyou Noupa débarque à l'AS Saint-Etienne". Actu Cameroun. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "PSG-SAINT-ETIENNE: NEYMAR DÉCISIF, MOULIN TRÈS EN VUE... LES NOTES DU SACRE PARISIEN". RMC Sport. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Coupe de France : trois anciens du Stade Lavallois contre le PSG ce soir !". france bleu. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Yvan Neyou Stéphanois jusqu'en 2024 !" [Yvan Neyou is Stéphanois until 2024!]. ASSE.fr (in French). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "El C.D. Leganés fortalece su centro del campo con la llegada de Yvan Neyou" [C.D. Leganés bolster their midfield with the arrival of Yvan Neyou] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "El C.D. Leganés incorpora en propiedad a Yvan Neyou" [C.D. Leganés sign Yvan Neyou permanently] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Neyou".
- ^ "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2021-06-04 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
- ^ "Mbappé suffers ankle injury as PSG beat 10-man Saint-Étienne to lift French Cup". The Guardian. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
edit- Yvan Neyou – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Yvan Neyou at Soccerway
- Yvan Neyou at L'Équipe Football (in French)