Jerome Ngom Mbekeli (born 30 September 1998) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan Super Liga.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jerome Ngom Mbekeli[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | APEJES Academy | ||
| 2018–2019 | MFK Vyškov | ||
| 2019 | Swope Park Rangers | 19 | (2) |
| 2020 | San Diego Loyal | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | APEJES Academy | ||
| 2022–2023 | Colombe Sportive | ||
| 2023 | Beveren | 7 | (0) |
| 2023– | Sheriff Tiraspol | 17 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Cameroon | 7 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023 | |||
Club career
editSwope Park Rangers
editIn January 2019, Mbekeli joined USL Championship club Swope Park Rangers.[2] After scoring twice against Bethlehem Steel, he was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week.[3]
Sheriff Tiraspol
editOn 5 July 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the singing of Ngom Mbekeli from Beveren.[4]
International career
editMbekeli was named to Cameroon's roster for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[5] He was one of the few amateur players at the tournament, making approximately the minimum wage in his home nation of Cameroon.[6] During the competition, he would make his mark with an incredible assist for his captain Vincent Aboubakar in Cameroon's historic 1–0 victory over Brazil on Matchday 3 of the group phase.
His few minutes at the World Cup enabled him to break away from Belgian 2nd division club SK Beveren, who later bought him for 400k euros.
After the World Cup with Cameroon, he will take part in the 2022 African Nations Championship in Algeria. He scored the only goal of the game in his side's victory over Congo. But with the subsequent defeat (by the same score) to Niger, he and Cameroon were eliminated from the competition.
Club
edit- As of match played 30 November 2023[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Kansas City II | 2019 | USL Championship | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| San Diego Loyal | 2020 | USL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| S.K. Beveren | 2022-23 | Challenger Pro League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Sheriff | 2023-24 | Super Liga | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12[a] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| Career Total | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League and eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Bergabo, Patrik (4 January 2019). "Swope Park Rangers adds internationals Ayyoub Allach and Jerome Ngom Mbekeli". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Kozvan, Sam (9 April 2019). "Jerome Ngom Mbekeli nets USL Championship Team of the Week honors | Sporting Kansas City". Sportingkc.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Добро пожаловать, Жером". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Qatar 2022: Indomitable Lions newboy Jerome Ngom oozes confidence". Sport News Africa. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Vlietstra, Bart (18 November 2022). "Voor Jerome Ngom Mbekeli uit Kameroen is de WK-selectie een lot uit de loterij" [For Jerome Ngom Mbekeli from Cameroon, the World Cup selection is a lottery ticket]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Jerome Ngom Mbekeli at Soccerway
External links
edit- Jerome Ngom Mbekeli at Sporting Kansas City
- Jerome Ngom Mbekeli at Soccerway
- Jerome Ngom Mbekeli at National-Football-Teams.com
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