Julien Ngoy

Fontaine Ndanu Julien Mutale Ngoy Bin Cibambi (born 2 November 1997) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a forward for English club Stoke City.

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]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 28
Youth career
2010–2011 Anderlecht
2011–2013 Club Brugge
2013 NSeth Academy
2013–2016 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Stoke City 7 (0)
2018 → Walsall (loan) 13 (3)
2018–2019 → Grasshopper (loan) 22 (5)
National team
2013 Belgium U16 3 (1)
2013 Belgium U17 3 (0)
2017–2018 Belgium U21 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:50, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

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 Grasshopper 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]

International career

Ngoy was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[16] He is a youth international for Belgium.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 February 2020[18]
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[19] EFL Championship 000000—00
2019–20[20] EFL Championship 101000—20
Total 702000—90
Walsall (loan) 2017–18[11] League One 133———133
Grasshopper (loan) 2018–19[19] Swiss Super League 22510——235
Career total 428300040498
  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. 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.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. "Stoke City : Julien Ngoy élu joueur du mois de mars — FOOT.CD". foot.cd.
  17. "Mais qui est Julien Ngoy, le Belge de Stoke City ?". 14 December 2016.
  18. Julien Ngoy at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  19. "Games played by Julien Ngoy in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. "Games played by Julien Ngoy in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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