Diederrick Joel Tagueu

Diederrick Joel Tagueu Tadjo (born 6 December 1993), known as Joel Tagueu or simply Joel, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Portuguese club Nacional in Liga Portugal

Joel Tagueu

Joel playing for Santos in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Diederrick Joel Tagueu Tadjo
Date of birth	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Nkongsamba, Cameroon
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Nacional
Youth career
2009–2011	Iraty
2011–2012	Londrina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Londrina	28	(10)
2014	→ Coritiba (loan)	20	(8)
2015–2020	Cruzeiro	23	(3)
2016	→ Santos (loan)	28	(5)
2017	→ Botafogo (loan)	8	(1)
2017	→ Avaí (loan)	21	(3)
2018–2019	→ Marítimo (loan)	45	(17)
2020	→ Marítimo (loan)	16	(2)
2020–2023	Marítimo	72	(19)
2023	→ Al-Hazem (loan)	15	(7)
2023–2024	Hanoi FC	23	(10)
2024–2025	Paysandu	5	(0)
2025–	Nacional	7	(1)
International career‡
2011	Cameroon U20	3	(0)
2018–2019	Cameroon	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2019

Club career

Londrina

Born in Nkongsamba, Joel moved to Brazil in September 2009, joining Iraty's youth setup.^[1] In March 2011 he moved to neighbouring Londrina (which also had the same owner, Sérgio Malucelli), and was promoted to the first-team in 2012, after impressing in the youth squads.^[2]

Joel made his first-team debut on 28 March 2012, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 away loss against Coritiba, for the Campeonato Paranaense championship.^[3] He scored his first goal four days later, netting his side's only in a 1–1 home draw against Toledo Colônia Work.^[4]

In the 2014 season, Joel played an important role in Londrina's Paranaense winning campaign, and also scored regularly for the side in Série D. On 31 July 2014 he scored a brace in a 2–1 home success against Santos, for the campaign's Copa do Brasil.^[5]

Coritiba (loan)

On 4 September 2014 Joel was loaned to Coritiba for the remainder of the season,^[6] being subsequently negotiated with a German unnamed team.^[7] He made his Série A debut three days later, again from the bench in a 0–0 away draw against Bahia.^[8]

Joel scored his first goal in the Brazilian top flight on 10 September, netting the last of a 3–0 home success against Chapecoense.^[9] Seven days later he scored a brace in a 3–1 home win against São Paulo, but fell into a hole into the locker room tunnel after going out to celebrate the last goal.^[10]

Cruzeiro

On 16 December 2014 Joel moved to fellow league team Cruzeiro, for a R$2.5 million fee.^[11] He made his debut for the club on 1 February of the following year, scoring the winner in an away success over Democrata-GV.

Joel was bought outright by Raposa in May 2015.^[12] However, he struggled with injuries during the campaign, and appeared in only 11 league matches, scoring one goal.^[13]

Loan spells

Joel warming up for Santos in 2016

On 11 January 2016 Joel was loaned to fellow league team Santos, for one year.^[14] He made his debut for the club on 30 January, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 Campeonato Paulista home draw against São Bernardo.^[15]

On 19 January 2017, Joel signed a one-year loan contract with Botafogo.^[16]

On 20 June 2017, Joel signed a loan contract until the end of the year with Avaí.^[17]

On 8 January 2018, Joel was sent on a season-long loan to Portuguese Primeira Liga club Marítimo.^[18]

Return

In June 2019 he suffered a heart problem.^[19]

In October 2019, Joel rejoined Cruzeiro and started to train with the team squad.^[20][21][22]

Marítimo

On 7 August 2020, Joel signed a two-year contract with Marítimo.^[23]

Al-Hazem

On 18 January 2023, Joel joined Saudi club Al-Hazem on loan.^[24]

Hanoi FC

On 11 September 2023, V.League 1 side Hanoi FC confirmed they had signed Joel for a reported transfer fee of €800,000.^[25] Joel made his debut for Hanoi in the AFC Champions League against Pohang Steelers on 20 September, where he scored a brace.^[26] On 29 October, he made his V.League 1 debut and scored a hat-trick against Haiphong FC.

C.D. Nacional Madeira

On January 1st 2025 Joel had officially joined Liga Portugal side Nacional on a free transfer from Paysandu a team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Joel made his debut for Nacional on January 19th 2025 at the 46th minute for Isaac against AVS

International career

He was ruled out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to a heart defect.^[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 July 2024^[28]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State league		National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Londrina	2012	—			6[c]	1	—		—		—		6	1
	2013	Série D	2	0	5[c]	2	—		—		—		7	2
	2014	Série D	5	3	10[c]	4	6	2	—		—		21	9
	Total		7	3	21	7	6	2	—		—		34	12
Coritiba (loan)	2014	Série A	20	8	0	0	0	0	—		—		20	8
Cruzeiro	2015	Série A	11	1	8[d]	2	0	0	—		5[e]	0	24	3
	2019	Série A	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	Total		15	1	8	2	0	0	—		5	0	28	3
Santos (loan)	2016	Série A	16	2	12[f]	3	7	2	—		—		35	7
Botafogo (loan)	2017	Série A	3	0	5[g]	1	0	0	—		2[e]	0	10	1
Avaí (loan)	2017	Série A	21	3	0	0	0	0	—		—		21	3
Marítimo (loan)	2017–18	Primeira Liga	15	9	—		0	0	0	0	0	0	15	9
	2018–19	Primeira Liga	30	8	—		1	0	3	2	—		34	10
Marítimo (loan)	2019–20	Primeira Liga	16	2	—		0	0	0	0	—		16	2
Marítimo	2020–21	Primeira Liga	32	9	—		4	1	—		—		36	10
	2021–22	Primeira Liga	24	9	—		0	0	1	0	—		25	9
	2022–23	Primeira Liga	14	1	—		1	0	3	0	—		18	1
	2023–24	Liga Portugal 2	2	0	—		0	0	1	0	—		3	0
	Total		133	38	—		6	1	8	2	0	0	147	41
Al-Hazem (loan)	2022–23	First Division League	15	7	—		—		—		—		15	7
Hanoi FC	2023–24	V.League 1	22	7	—		3	3	—		4[h]	2	29	12
Career total			252	69	46	13	22	8	8	2	11	2	339	94

1. Includes Copa do Brasil and Taça de Portugal
2. Includes Taça da Liga
3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paranaense
4. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro
5. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
6. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista
7. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca
8. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

International

As of match played 14 June 2019^[29]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2018	3	0
	2019	3	1
Total		6	1

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.^[29]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 June 2019	Estadio Cerro del Espino, Majadahonda, Spain	Zambia	2–0	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Londrina

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2014

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista: 2016