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Sammy Ndjock
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-25) February 25, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2005–2009 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Lille II 25 (0)
2010–2014 Antalyaspor 30 (0)
2013–2014 → Fethiyespor (loan) 30 (0)
2015–2016 Minnesota United 52 (0)
2018–2020 MP 35 (0)
2020 RoPS 4 (0)
2021–2023 Atlantis 37 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Cameroon 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2015

Sammy Ndjock (born 25 February 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Ndjock graduated from Lille's youth categories, and made his senior debuts with the club's B-side in the 2006–07 campaign, in Championnat de France amateur. He joined Turkish Süper Lig side Antalyaspor in August 2010,[1] and made his professional debut late in the month, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Trabzonspor.[2] He played 7 games in his debut season, and repeated the same amount in his second.in his third, he made 15 games.

In August 2013, Ndjock moved to Fethiyespor, freshly promoted to TFF First League, in a season-long loan deal.[3] He was an undisputed starter during the campaign, also playing the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 Turkish Cup success against country giants Fenerbahçe.

Ndjock signed with Minnesota United on 9 March 2015.[4]

During a friendly match on 21 July 2016 against AFC Bournemouth, Ndjock tried to quickly throw the ball to a teammate, but accidentally let the ball slip and fall into his own goal instead.[5] This was the second goal in the game that Bournemouth eventually won 4–0.[6] A similar incident occurred with Bjarte Flem in 1988.[7]

Ndjock joined Mikkelin Palloilijat for the first time in January 2018 and played for the club until the summer, before he left and moved back to Cameroon. But that didn't go as expected, so he moved back to Finland and signed for the same club again. The deal was announced 24 November 2018.[8]

Ndjock and MP mutually cancelled the contract in 2020 and he signed with RoPS playing in Veikkausliiga.[9]

In July 2023 his contract with Atlantis FC was terminated after conceding three suspicious goals against Grankulla IFK.[10]

International career

Ndjock made his international debut with Cameroon on 2 June 2013, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw against Ukraine.[11] He was selected to Volker Finke's 28-man provisional squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup,[12] and also appeared in the final list for the tournament.[13]

References

  1. ^ "'10-'11 İncelemeleri: Medical Park Antalyaspor" ['10-'11 Reviews: Medical Park Antalyaspor] (in Turkish). Uzun Paslar. 3 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ "MP Antalyaspor 0-0 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Hürriyet Spor. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Fethiyespor'da transfer ataği" [Fethiyespor's transfer attacks] (in Turkish). Yeni Asir. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. ^ "United Signs Goalkeeper Sammy N'Djock". Minnesota United FC. 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Minnesota United Goalkeeper Scores Incredible Own Goal Vs. Bournemouth". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  6. ^ Lovett, Samuel (21 July 2016). "Watch Minnesota keeper Sammy Ndjock concede what could be the worst own goal of the decade". The Independent. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Her innser keeperen at han har gjort en av årets verste tabber" (in Norwegian). TV2. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. ^ EDUSTUS: Sammy Ndjock palaa MP:n maalille kaksivuotisella sopimuksella, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi, 24 November 2018
  9. ^ RoPS ja Martin Kompalla purkivat sopimuksen. Sammy N'Djock astuu tilalle., rops.fi, 13 August 2020
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ "Ukraine 0–0 Cameroon". UEFA.com. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Cameroon unveil 28-man provisional squad". FIFA.com. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  13. ^ "World Cup 2014: Idrissou dropped from Cameroon". BBC Sport. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

External links

Cameroon squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup
Rovaniemen Palloseura – current squad
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