Yvan Neyou
Neyou with Saint-Étienne in 2020
Personal information
Full name Yvan Latour Neyou Noupa
Date of birth (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leganés
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2016 Sedan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Sedan 17 (0)
2017–2019 Laval 22 (1)
2017–2019 Laval B 13 (4)
2019–2020 Braga B 22 (2)
2020 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2023 Saint-Étienne 40 (1)
2022 Saint-Étienne B 2 (0)
2022–2023 → Leganés (loan) 21 (0)
2023– Leganés 17 (1)
International career‡
2021– Cameroon 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:40, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Yvan Latour Neyou Noupa (born 3 January 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Sedan and Laval

Neyou started his career with Sedan in the Championnat National, where good performances had him linked with Belgian side Standard Liège[1] and French champions Paris Saint-Germain.[2] However, he ultimately joined Ligue 2 side Laval in early 2017.[3] He made his debut against Red Star on 10 February 2017, coming on as a substitute for Romain Bayard.[4]

Braga B

Neyou also enjoyed a stint with Braga B, during which the team was relegated from the LigaPro to the Campeonato de Portugal.[citation needed]

Saint-Étienne

On 10 July 2020, Neyou joined Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne on a one-year loan with an option to buy.[5][6] He made his first appearance with the club as a substitute in the 2020 Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain, which ended in a 1–0 victory for the Parisian club.[7][8]

After putting up some good performances, Neyou earned himself a permanent deal with Saint-Étienne on 18 November 2020. He signed a contract lasting until 2024.[9]

Leganés

On 31 August 2022, Neyou moved to Spanish Segunda División side Leganés on a one-year loan deal.[10] On 1 August 2023, he signed a permanent two-year contract with the club.[11]

International career

Neyou holds Cameroonian and French nationalities.[12]

He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 4 June 2021.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 September 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sedan 2015–16 National 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2016–17 National 15 0 1 0 — 16 0
Total 17 0 1 0 — 18 0
Laval 2016–17 Ligue 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2017–18 National 17 1 0 0 1[a] 0 18 1
Total 22 1 0 0 1 0 23 1
Laval B 2016–17 CFA 2 5 2 — — 5 2
2017–18 National 3 8 2 — — 8 2
Total 13 4 — — 13 4
Braga B 2018–19 LigaPro 8 2 — — 8 2
2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal 14 0 — — 14 0
Total 22 2 — — 22 2
Saint-Étienne (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Saint-Étienne (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 1 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Saint-Étienne 2020–21 Ligue 1 22 1 0 0 — 22 1
2021–22 Ligue 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2022–23 Ligue 2 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 40 1 0 0 0 0 38 1
Saint-Étienne B 2021–22 National 3 1 0 — — 1 0
2022–23 National 3 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 2 0 — — 2 0
Leganés (loan) 2022–23 Segunda División 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 126 8 2 0 1 0 129 8
  1. ^ Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue.

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Cameroon

References

  1. ^ "Yvan Neyou Noupa: Le Franco-Camerounais Dans Le Viseur Standard" (in French). africatopsports.com. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Le PSG sur Yvan Neyou Noupa de Sedan" (in French). culturepsg.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Source : Laval : Deux arrivées et un départ actés" (in French). foot-national.com. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Laval - Red Star (1-1)". L'Equipe (in French). 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Transfert : Yvan Neyou Noupa s'engage en faveur de Saint-Etienne en France". CAMFOOT. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Mercato : Yvan Neyou Noupa débarque à l'AS Saint-Etienne". Actu Cameroun. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  7. ^ "PSG-SAINT-ETIENNE: NEYMAR DÉCISIF, MOULIN TRÈS EN VUE... LES NOTES DU SACRE PARISIEN". RMC Sport. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Coupe de France : trois anciens du Stade Lavallois contre le PSG ce soir !". france bleu. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Yvan Neyou Stéphanois jusqu'en 2024 !" [Yvan Neyou is Stéphanois until 2024!]. ASSE.fr (in French). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. ^ "El C.D. Leganés fortalece su centro del campo con la llegada de Yvan Neyou" [C.D. Leganés bolster their midfield with the arrival of Yvan Neyou] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. ^ "El C.D. Leganés incorpora en propiedad a Yvan Neyou" [C.D. Leganés sign Yvan Neyou permanently] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Neyou".
  13. ^ "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2021-06-04 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
  14. ^ "Mbappé suffers ankle injury as PSG beat 10-man Saint-Étienne to lift French Cup". The Guardian. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

External links

CD Leganés – current squad
Cameroon squads
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