Ariel_Ngueukam
Ariel Ngueukam
Cameroonian footballer (born 1988)
Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988), nicknamed "Tuco",[2] is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Filipino club United City.
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Ngueukam with Ilves | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Thierry Ngueukam | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | United City | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| 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) |
| 2015–2016 | SJK | 64 | (9) |
| 2017 | Ilves | 32 | (15) |
| 2017 | HJK | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Al-Khor | 10 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 15 | (1) |
| 2019 | KuPS | 12 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | SJK | 44 | (18) |
| 2022 | Ilves | 25 | (6) |
| 2023 | IFK Mariehamn | 28 | (6) |
| 2024– | United City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024 | |||
Born in Yaoundé,[1] 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 scored 13 goals in his first 11 matches.[3]
In 2012, he moved to FC Lahti in the Finnish first division. Ngueukam scored two goals on his debut for FC Lahti on 31 August 2012.[4] Ngueukam signed for Turkish club Denizlispor in January 2013,[5][6] but returned FC Lahti, playing with them in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[1] He moved to SJK for the 2015 season, and Ilves for the 2017 season.[1]
On 6 November 2017, Ngueukam signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[7] In January 2018 Ngueukam joined Al-Khor in Qatar, without having played for HJK.[8]
On 11 July 2018, Ngueukam signed to the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ra'anana.[9]
In June 2019 he returned to Finland to sign for KuPS.[10] In November 2019 it was announced that he would return to SJK for the 2020 season.[11]
On 17 March 2022, Ngueukam returned to Ilves for the 2022 season, with an option to extend for 2023.[12] Following a season with the club, he joined IFK Mariehamn for the 2023 season.[13]
In March 2024 he signed for Filipino club United City.[14][15]
- As of 30 September 2017[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| JIPPO | 2011 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 2012 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | |
| Total | 34 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17 | |
| Lahti | 2012 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Denizlispor | 2012–13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Lahti | 2013 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 2014 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 10 | |
| Total | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 15 | |
| SJK | 2015 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 7 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 11 | |
| Total | 64 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 82 | 18 | |
| Ilves | 2017 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18 |
| Career total | 186 | 61 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 218 | 76 | |
Individual
- Ariel Ngueukam at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- Raunio, Antti (2 April 2022). "Kamerunissa kasvaneen Ilves-tähden lapsuus ei ollut helppo – Tuco kertoo, miksi kukaan ei kutsu häntä hänen oikealla nimellään ja miksi hän palasi Ilvekseen". Aamulehti.
- 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. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "Ariel Ngueukam upotti Hongan" (in Finnish). HS.fi. 31 August 2012.
- "DENIZLISPOR, ARIEL THIERRY NGUEUKAM ILE ANLASTI" (in Turkish). haberler.com. 16 January 2013.
- "ARIEL THIERRY NGUEUKAM - Player Details TFF". www.tff.org.
- "TUCO LIITTYY KLUBIIN" (6 November 2017). hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- Konlog, Noé (7 January 2018). "AL-KHOR : Un challenge en or pour Ariel-Thierry Ngueukam".
- Nachum, Tom (11 July 2018). "אריאל תיירי נגואקם חתם ברעננה לשלוש שנים". One.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- Hirvonen, Juho (26 June 2019). "Mualimedia: KuPS tekemässä todella kovan kaappauksen siirtoikkunan auetessa".
- "Tuco palaa SJK-paitaan" (in Finnish). SJK.fi. 11 November 2019.
- "TUCO PALAA ILVES-PAITAAN – "TULEMME TAATUSTI OLEMAAN KILPAILUKYKYINEN JOUKKUE TÄNÄ VUONNA"" (Press release) (in Finnish). Ilves. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- "Ariel Ngueukam ansluter till IFK" [Ariel Ngueukam joins IFK]. www.ifkfotball.ax. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- Sarte, Liz (15 March 2024). "United City FC Welcomes Ariel "Tuco" Ngueukam to the Squad".
- "Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti". www.paivanlehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- "Veikkausliiga". www.veikkausliiga.com.
- Tuco äänestettiin Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaajaksi, JPY, 12 November 2021