Julien Ngoy

Fontaine Ndanu Julien Mutale Ngoy Bin Cibambi (born 2 November 1997), known as Julien Ngoy, is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Kasımpaşa on loan from Mechelen.

Julien Ngoy
Personal information
Full name Fontaine Ndanu Julien Mutale Ngoy Bin Cibambi[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-02) 2 November 1997
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kasımpaşa
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2011 Anderlecht
2011–2013 Club Brugge
2013 NSeth Academy
2013–2016 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Stoke City 7 (0)
2018 → Walsall (loan) 13 (3)
2018–2019 → Grasshoppers (loan) 22 (5)
2020–2022 Eupen 56 (10)
2022– Mechelen 29 (5)
2023– → Kasımpaşa (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2013 Belgium U16 3 (1)
2013 Belgium U17 3 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

Club career

Stoke City

Ngoy was born in Antwerp and began his football career playing in the youth team at Anderlecht up to the age of 14, he then spent two years with Club Brugge where his was top scorer of the under-16 team.[3] In 2013, Ngoy decided to quit Brugge and join the NSeth Football Academy where he impressed the director, Nkandu Ntondo, who described him as the best talent he has seen at his academy.[4] In the summer of 2013, Ngoy signed with English club Stoke City of the Premier League.[5] In April 2014, he won the Generation Adidas Cup with Stoke City U17s.[6]

Ngoy made his professional debut for Stoke in a 3–1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal on 10 December 2016.[7] He made a total of six substitute appearances for Stoke in 2016–17.[8] Ngoy was named as the Premier League 2 Player of the Month for March 2017.[9] On 31 January 2018, Ngoy joined League One club Walsall on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[10] He played 13 times for the Saddlers scoring three goals as they successfully avoided relegation.[11]

On 29 August 2018, Ngoy joined Swiss Super League side Grasshoppers on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[12][13] He was handed the number 20 shirt by the club.[14] Ngoy played 23 times for Grasshoppers, scoring five goals in what was a traumatic season for the club who suffered relegation for the first time in 68 years and had a number of matches suspended due to fan protests.[15] Ngoy struggled for game time in 2019–20, making only two brief substitute appearances.[16]

Eupen

Ngoy joined Belgian First Division A side Eupen on 8 August 2020 on a two-year contract.[17]

Mechelen

On 4 July 2022, Ngoy signed a three-year contract with Mechelen.[18]

On 11 September 2023, Ngoy was loaned by Kasımpaşa in Turkey.[19]

International career

He was a youth international for Belgium.[20]

Personal life

Ngoy was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 December 2021[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City U23 2016–17[8] ————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2017–18[11] ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Total ———4040
Stoke City 2016–17[8] Premier League 501000—60
2017–18[11] Premier League 100000—10
2018–19[23] EFL Championship 000000—00
2019–20[16] EFL Championship 101000—20
Total 702000—90
Walsall (loan) 2017–18[11] League One 1330000—133
Grasshoppers (loan) 2018–19[23] Swiss Super League 22510——235
Eupen 2020–21[22] Belgian First Division A 32630——356
2021–22[22] Belgian First Division A 17331——204
Total 49961——5510
Career total 91179100409418
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2018 and 31/01/2018" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 5. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. "Julien Ngoy". Premier League. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. "Who is Stoke target 15-year-old Julien Ngoy?". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. "Julien Ngoy: A Profile". Wizards of Dribble. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. "Stoke City Snap Up Manchester United and Arsenal Linked Youngster Julien Ngoy On Youth Deal". Inside Futbol. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. "Generation adidas Cup 2014: Stoke City take title with shootout win over Real Salt Lake after 1–1 tie". MLS. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Arsenal 3–1 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  8. "Games played by Julien Ngoy in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. "Ngoy named PL2 Player of the Month". Premier League. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  10. "Walsall sign Krystian Bielik, Jack Fitzwater and Julien Ngoy on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. "Games played by Julien Ngoy in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  12. "Julien Completes Grasshopper Switch". Stoke City F.C. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  13. "GC COMMITS NGOY" (in German). Grasshopper Club Zürich. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  14. "Julien Ngoy" (in German). Grasshopper Club Zürich. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  15. "Grasshopper Zurich have a match abandoned for second time in two months". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  16. "Games played by Julien Ngoy in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  17. "Stoke City forward Julien Ngoy makes permanent exit". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  18. "Julien Ngoy tekent contract" (in Dutch). Mechelen. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  19. "Julien Ngoy Kasımpaşamızda" [Julien Ngoy in our Kasımpaşa] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  20. "Mais qui est Julien Ngoy, le Belge de Stoke City ?". 14 December 2016.
  21. "Stoke City : Julien Ngoy élu joueur du mois de mars — FOOT.CD". foot.cd.
  22. Julien Ngoy at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  23. "Games played by Julien Ngoy in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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