Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Finnish club Ilves.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ariel Thierry Ngueukam | ||
Date of birth | (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
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) |
2015–2016 | 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 | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 31 October 2021 (UTC) |
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 would score 13 goals in his first 11 matches.[2]
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.[3] Ngueukam signed for Turkish club Denizlispor in January 2013,[4][5] 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.[6] In January 2018 Ngueukam joined Al-Khor in Qatar, without having played for HJK.[7]
On 11 July 2018 Ngueukam signed to the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ra'anana.[8]
In June 2019 he returned to Finland to sign for KuPS.[9] In November 2019 it was announced that he would return to SJK for the 2020 season.[10]
On 17 March 2022, Ngueukam returned to Ilves for the 2022 season, with an option to extend for 2023.[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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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 |
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