Ariel Ngueukam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Thierry Ngueukam | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon [1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Lahti | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2012 | JIPPO | 34 | (17) |
| 2012 | FC Lahti | 9 | (7) |
| 2012-2013 | Denizlispor | 10 | (1) |
| 2013– | FC Lahti | 8 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 April 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Career
Born in Yaoundé, 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]
His performances with JIPPO led to a contract in the first division with FC Lahti.[3] Ngueukam scored two goals on his debut for FC Lahti on 31 August 2012.[4] Ngueukam signed for Turkish club Denizlispor in January 2013, but returned to Lahti at the end of the 2012–13 season.[5]
References
- ↑
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ariel Ngueukam profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Ariel Ngueukam upotti Hongan" (in Finnish). HS.fi. 31 August 2012.
- ↑ "DENIZLISPOR, ARIEL THIERRY NGUEUKAM ILE ANLASTI" (in Turkish). haberler.com. 16 January 2013.