Japhet N'Doram

Japhet N'Doram (Arabic: يافث ندورام; born 27 February 1966) is a Chadian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Japhet N'Doram
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-02-27) 27 February 1966
Place of birth N'Djamena, Chad
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Tourbillon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Tourbillon
1988–1990 Tonnerre Yaoundé ? (33)
1990–1997 Nantes 192 (72)
1997–1998 Monaco 13 (1)
International career
1989–1997 Chad 36 (13)
Managerial career
2007 Nantes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

His 14-year senior career was mainly spent with Nantes, which he represented in several capacities. He was nicknamed The Wizard.[1]

Club career

Born in N'Djamena, N'Doram begun his career with local Tourbillon FC, then spent three seasons in Cameroon with Tonnerre Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1990 the 24-year-old signed for FC Nantes in France, scoring two goals in 19 games in his first season in Ligue 1; his first professional contract arrived as Argentine Jorge Burruchaga was recovering from injury and accepted to be given an amateur licence on behalf of his teammate.[2]

N'Doram became something of a cult hero at Stade de la Beaujoire, scoring important goals as the club's 2000th in the top division, through a penalty against Lille OSC (1–0 win) or the second in a 3–2 home triumph against Juventus F.C. in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League semi-finals (3–4 aggregate loss).[3] In 1994–95, he netted 12 goals as Les Canaris won their seventh national championship – the first in 12 years – bettering to a career-best 21 in the 1996–97 campaign (second-best in the competition).

Aged 31, N'Doram left Nantes and signed for fellow league side AS Monaco FC, winning the 1997 Trophée des Champions,[4] but retired at the end of the season following a persistent injury sustained during a match against his former team.[3] He then joined his last club's technical staff, working as a scout.[2]

N'Doram returned to Nantes on 28 June 2005, replacing Robert Budzynski as director of football. In February 2007 he was appointed team manager, leaving his post in July as the season ended in relegation.[5][6]

Personal life

N'Doram holds Chadian and French nationalities.[7] His son, Kévin, is also a footballer. He too played for Monaco.[8]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9][10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tourbillon 1984 Chad Premier League
1985
1986
1987
1988
Tonnerre 1988 Elite One
1989 1515
1990 32183218
Nantes Atlantique 1990–91 French Division 1 1923100223
1991–92 2541000264
1992–93 311050003610
1993–94 2684010318
1994–95 321211834116
1995–96 241521733319
1996–97 352100003521
Total 1927217316622581
Monaco 1997–98 French Division 1 1311220163
Career total 23791185186273102

    Honours

    Nantes Atlantique

    AS Monaco

    References
    1. Japhet N’Doram, le sorcier tchadien (Japhet N’Doram, the Chadian wizard); Afrik Foot, 10 October 2010 (in French)
    2. Japhet N'Doram, le buteur sensible (Japhet N'Doram, the sensible scorer); at Foot Nostalgie (in French)
    3. Japhet N’Doram: le sorcier de La Beaujoire (Japhet N’Doram: the wizard of La Beaujoire) Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Tchachadi (in French)
    4. "Béziers, 17 ans plus tard". ogcnice.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    5. Japhet N’Doram, l’ancien international tchadien de Nantes et Monaco (Japhet N’Doram, former Chad international of Nantes and Monaco) Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Journal du Tchad, 5 November 2010 (in French)
    6. N'Doram, la voix des champs (N'Doram, the voice of champs); Ouest-France, 26 August 2016 (in French)
    7. https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=japhet-ndoram
    8. Germain et N’Doram, tels pères, tels fils (Germain and N’Doram, like fathers, like sons); Le Figaro, 18 May 2017 (in French)
    9. "Japhet N'Doram" (in French). Pari et Gagne. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
    10. "Japhet N'Doram". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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