Arnaud Djoum

Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum (born 2 May 1989), also known as Arnaud Djoum or Arnaud Sutchuin, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has previously played for Belgian clubs Brussels and Anderlecht, in the Netherlands for Roda JC, in Turkey for Akhisar Belediyespor, in Poland with Lech Poznań, in Scotland at Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United, for Saudi club Al-Raed and in Cyprus for Apollon Limassol.

Arnaud Djoum
Djoum with Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Arnaud Sutchuin-Djoum
Date of birth (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
R.S.D. Jette
Brussels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Brussels 12 (1)
2008–2009 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2009–2014 Roda JC 123 (9)
2014–2015 Akhisar Belediyespor 13 (0)
2015 Lech Poznań 3 (0)
2015 Lech Poznań II 4 (0)
2015–2019 Heart of Midlothian 110 (14)
2019–2021 Al-Raed 54 (7)
2021–2022 Apollon Limassol 8 (0)
2022–2023 Dundee United 16 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 Belgium U19 4 (0)
2010 Belgium U20 1 (0)
2016– Cameroon 28 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019

Career

Club

Djoum started his career at Brussels in the 2006–07 season. He played 12 matches and scored one goal for the Belgian club. He moved to Anderlecht, but failed to make a break through. In January 2009, he moved to Roda JC Kerkrade in the Netherlands appearing 119 times over a span of 5 years.

After a spell in Turkey with Akhisar Belediyespor, Djoum signed for Polish club Lech Poznań in early 2015.[1]

Djoum then joined Heart of Midlothian in September 2015.[2] He scored his first goal for the club in a narrow 2–1 loss to rivals Celtic in October 2015. After settling in he very quickly became a star man in Robbie Neilson's team.

He left Hearts to join Saudi club, Al-Ra'ed in July 2019, upon the expiry of his contract.[3]

Djoum returned to Scottish football in October 2022, signing a two-year contract with Dundee United.[4] Following their relegation to the Scottish Championship, Djoum would leave the Terrors in June 2023.[5]

International

Djoum represented various Belgium youth teams, before making his senior debut for Cameroon in September 2016, in a 2–0 win over The Gambia in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.[6] He played the whole 90 minutes as Cameroon defeated Egypt 2–1 on 5 February 2017, to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 June 2019[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brussels 2006–07 Belgian First Division 5000——50
2007–08 7100——71
Total 12100—00121
Anderlecht 2008–09 Belgian First Division 0000—0000
Roda JC 2008–09 Eredivisie 1000—1[lower-alpha 1]020
2009–10 27112——283
2010–11 30530——335
2011–12 23210——242
2012–13 20100—4[lower-alpha 2]0241
2013–14 22040——260
Total 123992—5013711
Akhisar Belediyespor 2014–15 Süper Lig 13050——180
Lech Poznań 2014–15 Ekstraklasa 3020—0050
Lech Poznań II 2014–15 III liga 40———40
Heart of Midlothian 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 2853111—327
2016–17 33620104[lower-alpha 3]0406
2017–18 1602020—200
2018–19 3236020—403
Total 11014131614013316
Career total 26524293619030928
  1. Appearance in the 2008–09 Eredivisie play-offs
  2. Appearances in the 2012–13 Eredivisie play-offs
  3. Appearances in the Europa League

Honours

Lech Poznań

Cameroon

References
  1. "Arnaud Djoum signed a contract with Lech". Lech Poznań. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. "Hearts signing Arnaud Djoum vows to make impact at Tynecastle". BBC Sport. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. "Hearts: Arnaud Djoum leaves for Al-Raed and Marcus Godhino for Zwickau". 8 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. "Arnaud Djoum: Dundee United sign former Hearts midfielder on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  5. "ARNAUD DJOUM LEAVES DUNDEE UNITED". Dundee United Football Club. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. Lantheaume, Romain (3 September 2016). "CAN 2017 : Le Cameroun sans forcer, l'Ethiopie en salle d'attente - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com.
  7. Fottrell, Stephen (5 February 2017). "Egypt 1–2 Cameroon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. "A. Djoum". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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