Jerome Ngom Mbekeli

Jerome Ngom Mbekeli (born 30 September 1998) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan Super Liga.

Jerome Ngom Mbekeli
Personal information
Full name Jerome Ngom Mbekeli[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sheriff Tiraspol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 APEJES Academy
2018–2019 MFK Vyškov
2019 Swope Park Rangers 19 (2)
2020 San Diego Loyal 1 (0)
2021 APEJES Academy
2022–2023 Colombe Sportive
2023 Beveren 7 (0)
2023– Sheriff Tiraspol 7 (1)
International career‡
2022– Cameroon 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023

Career

Swope Park Rangers

In January 2019, Mbekeli joined USL Championship club Swope Park Rangers.[2] After scoring twice against Bethlehem Steel, he was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week.[3]

Sheriff Tiraspol

On 5 July 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the singing of Ngom Mbekeli from Beveren.[4]

International

Mbekeli was named to Cameroon's roster for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[5] He was one of the few amateur players at the tournament, making approximately the minimum wage in his home nation of Cameroon.[6]During the competition, he would make his mark with an incredible assist for his captain Vincent Aboubakar in Cameroon's historic 1-0 victory over Brazil on Matchday 3 of the group phase.

His few minutes at the World Cup enabled him to break away from Belgian 2nd division club SK Beveren, who later bought him for 400k euros.

After the World Cup with Cameroon, he will take part in the 2022 African Nations Championship in Algeria. He scored the only goal of the game in his side's victory over Congo. But with the subsequent defeat (by the same score) to Niger, he and Cameroon were eliminated from the competition.

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. Bergabo, Patrik (4 January 2019). "Swope Park Rangers adds internationals Ayyoub Allach and Jerome Ngom Mbekeli". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. Kozvan, Sam (9 April 2019). "Jerome Ngom Mbekeli nets USL Championship Team of the Week honors | Sporting Kansas City". Sportingkc.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. "Добро пожаловать, Жером". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. "Qatar 2022: Indomitable Lions newboy Jerome Ngom oozes confidence". Sport News Africa. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  6. Vlietstra, Bart (18 November 2022). "Voor Jerome Ngom Mbekeli uit Kameroen is de WK-selectie een lot uit de loterij" [For Jerome Ngom Mbekeli from Cameroon, the World Cup selection is a lottery ticket]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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