Nicolas Brice Moumi Ngamaleu (born 9 July 1994) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow and the Cameroon national team.
![]() Ngamaleu with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nicolas Brice Moumi Ngamaleu[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Musango Yaoundé | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Canon Yaoundé | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Coton Sport | 67 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Altach | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Young Boys | 158 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Dynamo Moscow | 50 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017– | Cameroon | 62 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:57, 16 October 2023 (UTC) |
Club career
Ngamaleu was still only 17 when he made his Elite One debut with Coton Sport FC de Garoua. He won three domestic titles in his home land before moving to Austria in 2016. He helped Rheindorf Altach finish fourth in the Austrian league.[2]
He was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title for 32 years.[3]
On 8 September 2022, Ngamaleu signed with Dynamo Moscow in Russia for two seasons, with an option to extend.[4]
In the 2023–24 season, Ngamaleu scored two winning goals, both deep in added time against Sochi and Baltika Kaliningrad on 5 May and 11 May respectively, as Dynamo overtook Zenit and Krasnodar to take a 2-point lead in the Russian Premier League table with 2 games to go.[5][6] On 18 May, he scored an added-time goal in third consecutive game, establishing the final score in a 4–1 victory over Krylia Sovetov.[7]
On 1 June 2024, Dynamo confirmed that the performance-based extension option for the 2024–25 season has been triggered in his contract.[8] On 2 August 2024, Ngamaleu extended his contract with Dynamo for the 2025–26 season, with an option for 2026–27.[9]
International career
Ngamaleu made his debut with the Cameroon national team against Guinea on 28 March 2017.[2] He was included in the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.[10]
He placed third with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, where he supplied two assists and converted one penalty in the penalty shoot-out against Burkina Faso in the third-place playoff. He started in six out of seven matches and played one half in the last game.[citation needed]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 August 2024[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
SCR Altach | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 6 | ||
2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 10 | 3 | ||
Total | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 37 | 9 | |||
Young Boys | 2017–18 | Swiss Super League | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 38 | 5 | |
2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 32 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 44 | 13 | ||
2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 46 | 11 | ||
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 40 | 4 | ||
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
Total | 158 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 43 | 3 | — | 218 | 39 | |||
Dynamo Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 7 | |||
2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||
Total | 50 | 10 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 64 | 11 | ||||
Career total | 238 | 46 | 32 | 8 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 59 |
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 16 October 2023
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 2016 | 5 | 2 |
2017 | 9 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 3 | 1 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 1 | |
2022 | 12 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 49 | 4 |
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngamaleu goal.[12]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 6 January 2016 | Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, Rwanda | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
2 | 25 January 2016 | Stade Huye, Butare, Rwanda | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2016 African Nations Championship |
3 | 17 November 2019 | Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4 | 6 September 2021 | Stade National de la Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Coton Sport
- Elite One: 2013, 2014, 2015
Young Boys
International
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations Bronze: 2021
Individual
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20[16]
References
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