 Ngankam in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ngankam Jessic Gaïtan Ngankam[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mainz 05 (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf | ||
| 2006–2019 | Hertha BSC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Hertha BSC II | 25 | (12) |
| 2020–2022 | Hertha BSC | 19 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Greuther Fürth (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2022 | Greuther Fürth | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Hertha BSC | 18 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Hertha BSC II | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | Germany U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | Germany U21 | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:16, 28 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Ngankam Jessic Gaïtan Ngankam (born 20 July 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.[3]
Ngankam made his professional debut for Hertha BSC on 16 May 2020 in the Bundesliga, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Vedad Ibišević in the away match against 1899 Hoffenheim, which finished as a 3–0 win.[4]
He moved Greuther Fürth in July 2021 on a season-long loan. Greuther Fürth secured an option to sign him permanently.[5]
On 31 May 2022, Ngankam returned to Hertha BSC and signed a contract extension to 2025.[6] On 14 July 2023, he signed a deal with another Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt until 2028.[7]
On 1 February 2024, Ngankam was loaned by Mainz 05 until the end of the season.[8]
Ngankam was included in Germany's squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He made four appearances during the tournament, in which Germany were eliminated in the quarter-finals with a 2–1 loss against Brazil. The following year, he made three appearances for the under-18 national team.[3]
Ngankam was born in Berlin, and is of Cameroonian descent.[9] His brother Roussel is also a footballer, and appeared for the Germany youth national teams.[10][11]
