Ariel Ngueukam
Personal information
Full name Ariel Thierry Ngueukam
Date of birth (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
IFK Mariehamn
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 25 (6)
2023– IFK Mariehamn 28 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2023

Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988), nicknamed "Tuco",[2] is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for IFK Mariehamn.

Career

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.[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]

Career statistics

As of 30 September 2017[1]
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JIPPO 2011 1760000176
2012 171120001911
Total 341720003617
Lahti 2012 97000097
Denizlispor 2012–13 1010000101
Lahti 2013 85000085
2014 29732413610
Total 371232414415
SJK 2015 3254220387
2016 32444834411
Total 649861038218
Ilves 2017 321553003718
Career Total 18661181114421876

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ariel Ngueukam at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Ariel Ngueukam upotti Hongan" (in Finnish). HS.fi. 31 August 2012.
  5. "DENIZLISPOR, ARIEL THIERRY NGUEUKAM ILE ANLASTI" (in Turkish). haberler.com. 16 January 2013.
  6. "ARIEL THIERRY NGUEUKAM - Player Details TFF". www.tff.org.
  7. "TUCO LIITTYY KLUBIIN" (6 November 2017). hjk.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. Konlog, Noé (7 January 2018). "AL-KHOR : Un challenge en or pour Ariel-Thierry Ngueukam".
  9. Nachum, Tom (11 July 2018). "אריאל תיירי נגואקם חתם ברעננה לשלוש שנים". One.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  10. Hirvonen, Juho (26 June 2019). "Mualimedia: KuPS tekemässä todella kovan kaappauksen siirtoikkunan auetessa".
  11. "Tuco palaa SJK-paitaan" (in Finnish). SJK.fi. 11 November 2019.
  12. "TUCO PALAA ILVES-PAITAAN – "TULEMME TAATUSTI OLEMAAN KILPAILUKYKYINEN JOUKKUE TÄNÄ VUONNA"" (Press release) (in Finnish). Ilves. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  13. "Ariel Ngueukam ansluter till IFK" [Ariel Ngueukam joins IFK]. www.ifkfotball.ax. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  14. "Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti". www.paivanlehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  15. "Veikkausliiga". www.veikkausliiga.com.
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