:Pascal Nouma

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pascal Nouma

| image = Pascal Nouma (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| full_name = Pascal Olivier Nouma{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=29656 |title=Pascal Olivier Nouma |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=5 April 2025}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|6|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2850.html |title=Pascal Nouma |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=5 April 2025 |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Épinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Midfielder, striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1989–1992

| clubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps1 = 19

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1992–1993

| clubs2 = Lille

| caps2 = 22

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1993–1994

| clubs3 = Caen

| caps3 = 32

| goals3 = 7

| years4 = 1994–1996

| clubs4 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps4 = 51

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 1996–1998

| clubs5 = Strasbourg

| caps5 = 57

| goals5 = 22

| years6 = 1998–2000

| clubs6 = Lens

| caps6 = 46

| goals6 = 16

| years7 = 2000–2001

| clubs7 = Beşiktaş

| caps7 = 24

| goals7 = 18

| years8 = 2001–2002

| clubs8 = Marseille

| caps8 = 11

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2002–2003

| clubs9 = Beşiktaş

| caps9 = 19

| goals9 = 4

| years10 = 2003–2004

| clubs10 = Al Khor

| caps10 = 3

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2004–2005

| clubs11 = Livingston

| caps11 = 2

| goals11 = 0

| totalcaps = 286

| totalgoals = 80

}}

Pascal Olivier Nouma (born 6 January 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker.

Career

Nouma started his career in the Paris Saint-Germain youth team before moving around other teams in France. He played for Lille and Caen before moving back to PSG for two seasons in 1994. He helped PSG win both the 1994–95 Coupe de la Ligue and the 1994–95 Coupe de France, playing as a substitute in both finals, the latter against future club Strasbourg.{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/psg-bastia-2-0-030595-coupe-de-la-ligue-94-95/ |title=PSG – Bastia 2-0, 03/05/95, Coupe de la Ligue 94-95 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=3 January 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/psg-strasbourg-1-0-130595-coupe-de-france-94-95/ |title=PSG – Strasbourg 1-0, 13/05/95, Coupe de France 94-95 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=3 January 2020}} He also scored as PSG won the 1995 Trophée des Champions.{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/psg-nantes-2-2-6-5-tab-030196-trophee-des-champions-95-96/ |title=PSG – Nantes 2-2 (6-5 tab), 03/01/96, Trophée des Champions 95-96 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=5 January 2020}} In 1996 he left for Strasbourg, winning the Coupe de la Ligue there in 1997{{cite news |url=https://www.ligue1.com/coupeLigue/feuille_match/73346 |title=RC Strasbourg Alsace - Girondins de Bordeaux |publisher=ligue1.com |access-date=8 January 2020}} and staying for two seasons, before moving to Lens. While at Lens he played in the final as they won the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue,{{cite news |url=https://www.sitercl.com/Matches/1998-99/Ligue/metzfc.htm |title=Finale Coupe de la Ligue 1998/99 RC Lens - FC Metz |publisher=sitercl.com |access-date=8 January 2020}} which was the third time he'd won the trophy in five seasons and with three different teams.

After two seasons at Lens, he left for Turkish club Beşiktaş, where he achieved phenomenal success and still maintains his popularity among Beşiktaş fans, who composed special songs for him. He played for them for one season before moving to play for Marseille the next year. He returned for a short spell at Beşiktaş the next season, but received a seven-month suspension for celebrating a goal against arch-rivals Fenerbahçe by putting his hands down his shorts, a gesture he described as "a private moment of joy". The Beşiktaş board were forced to cancel his contract as a result. The incident did not diminish his popularity with Beşiktaş fans, who still look back fondly on his lob shot against Dynamo Kyiv in the third round of the UEFA Cup in 2003.

Following this incident he played in Qatar and went on trial at clubs in countries like the US and Scotland.

Personal life

Born in Épinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, Nouma's ancestors are from Cameroon.{{cite book|author=Alon Raab, Issam Khadidi, Elif Batuman|date=2015|title=Soccer In The Middle East|location=United Kingdom and United States|publisher=Routledge|page=71|isbn=9780415612449}} He is particularly famous for his eccentric behaviour both on and off the pitch. During an interview with Hürriyet he claimed to be a Turk and to feel that Turkey was his home country.{{cite web |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/13626247.asp?gid=229 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202213330/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/13626247.asp?gid=229 |archive-date=2 February 2010 |title=Pascal Nouma hurriyet.com.tr'de - Hurriyet}}

Nouma works as an actor, and made his film debut in a Turkish movie, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu (The Son of the Man Who Saved the World).{{cite web |url=http://www.beyazperde.com/film/2873 |title=Beyazperde.com - Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu (2006) |access-date=12 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715033153/http://www.beyazperde.com/film/2873 |archive-date=15 July 2006 }}

Nouma co-hosted radio show "Aragaz" along with professional radio host {{ill|Kadir Çöpdemir |tr}} at local radio station Metro FM.{{cite news|title=Pascal Nouma'dan Bir Garip Açıklama | url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/gunaydin/magazin/2012/06/19/pascal-noumadan-bir-garip-aciklama |publisher=Sabah | date=19 June 2012 | access-date=6 February 2016}} {{in lang|tr}}

Nouma became a member of Beşiktaş Congress in July 2012. [1] In 2017, he played with Mustafa Topaloğlu in "Didi" commercials.