Alexander N'Doumbou
{{Short description|Gabonese footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Qian Jiegei Alisangte Endubu
| image = File:Alexander N'Doumbou 2024-08-16 (cropped).jpg
| caption = N'Doumbou in August 2024
| birth_name = Alexander N'Doumbou
| full_name = Qian Jiegei Alisangte Endubu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|1|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Port-Gentil, Gabon
| height = 1.77 m
| currentclub = Zhejiang FC
| clubnumber = 8
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1998–2004
| youthclubs1 = Sogara
| youthyears2 = 2004–2005
| youthclubs2 = FC Carpentras
| youthyears3 = 2005–2006
| youthclubs3 = Martigues
| youthyears4 = 2006–2010
| youthclubs4 = Marseille
| years1 = 2010–2015
| clubs1 = Marseille
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2011–2013
| clubs2 = → Orléans (loan)
| caps2 = 31
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2013–2015
| clubs3 = Marseille B
| caps3 = 42
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2016–2018
| clubs4 = FCV Dender EH
| caps4 = 28
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2018–2019
| clubs5 = Vereya
| caps5 = 15
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019–2022
| clubs6 = Shanghai Shenhua
| caps6 = 81
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2023–
| clubs7 = Zhejiang FC
| caps7 = 27
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam1 = Gabon U23
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2012–2014
| nationalteam2 = Gabon
| nationalcaps2 = 11
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 17 March 2024
| ntupdate = 6 December 2022
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| c = 钱杰给
| p = Qián Jiégěi
| c2 = 钱杰给·阿里桑特·恩杜布
| p2 = Qián Jiégěi Ālǐsāngtè Ēndùbù
}}
Qian Jiegei Alisangte Endubu{{cite web| url=https://shenhua.online.sh.cn/content/2019-02/26/content_9213846.htm |title="申花官宣钱杰给正式加盟 属于恢复中国国籍非归化" |language=zh | date=26 February 2019 |access-date=26 February 2019}} ({{zh|s=钱杰给·阿里桑特·恩杜布|p=Qián Jiégěi Ālǐsāngtè Ēndùbù}}; né Alexander N'Doumbou; born 4 January 1992) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang FC. He formerly represented the Gabon national football team before giving up his Gabonese citizenship to receive the Chinese passport in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.cn/china/2019-02-26/detail-ihrfqzka9388272.d.html?vt=4&cid=72134|title=申花官宣前加蓬国脚钱杰给加盟 非归化是恢复国籍|date=26 February 2019|website=sports.sina.cn}}
Club career
N'Doumbou began his football career at Division 1 Gabonese club AS Sogara's youth team. At the age of 12, N'Doumbou departed the country for France to join local club FC Carpentras in the south of France. He later had a stint at Martigues before joining Marseille on a trial. After having a successful trial, N'Doumbou was offered an aspirant (youth) contract. While in the club's youth academy, he was captain of the Marseille under-17 team that won the 2008–09 Championnat National Under-17 league title. On 18 November 2009, N'Doumbou signed his first professional contract. The contract took effect on 1 July 2011 as the player had to play out the two years left on his élite contract.{{cite web | url = http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/marseille/article_362440_OM-Osei-et-Ndoumbou-vont-passer-pro.shtml | publisher=Mercato 365 | title = Osei et Ndoumbou vont passer pro |language = fr |date = 18 November 2009 | access-date = 26 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100611053710/http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/marseille/article_362440_OM-Osei-et-Ndoumbou-vont-passer-pro.shtml| archive-date= 11 June 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite web | url = http://www.espoirsdufootball.com/8753-om-alexander-ndoumbou-dans-le-groupe-pour-valenciennes.html | publisher = Espoirs du Football | title = Alexander N'Doumbou dans le groupe pour Valenciennes | language = fr | date = 25 September 2009 | access-date = 26 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091129131432/http://www.espoirsdufootball.com/8753-om-alexander-ndoumbou-dans-le-groupe-pour-valenciennes.html | archive-date = 29 November 2009 | url-status = dead }} N'Doumbou made his professional debut on 9 January 2010, five days after his 18th birthday, in a Coupe de France match against amateur club Trélissac in a 2–0 victory.{{cite web | url = http://www.lfp.fr/autresCompetitions/coupeFrance/feuille_match/53610 | publisher=Ligue de Football Professionnel | title = Trélissac v. Marseille Match Report |language = fr |date = 9 January 2010 | access-date = 26 July 2010}}
On 10 August 2011, N'Doumbou joined Orléans on a one-year loan.{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110810_111619_ndoumbou-prete-a-orleans.html |work=L'Équipe |location=France |title=Ndoumbou (OM) prêté à Orléans |language=fr |date=10 August 2011 |access-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813192038/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110810_111619_ndoumbou-prete-a-orleans.html |archive-date=13 August 2011 }} After spending a season for the third tier club, N'Doumbou returned to Marseille where he was incorporated in the Marseille B team who were allowed to play in the fifth tier of French football. On 30 June 2013 N'Doumbou was loaned out once again to Orléans. He returned to the Marseille B and despite being included on the bench for Marseille in August 2016, N'Doumbou signed with Belgian third vision side, FCV Dender EH.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcvdendereh.be/1617/spelers1617 |title=Spelers | FCV Dender EH - Officiële website |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827021149/http://www.fcvdendereh.be/1617/spelers1617 |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}
In July 2018, N'Doumbou moved to Bulgarian first division club FC Vereya. N'Doumbou resumed his Chinese nationality and joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua in February 2019.{{cite web | url =http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2019-02-26/doc-ihrfqzka9388272.shtml|title =申花官宣前加蓬国脚钱杰给加盟 非归化是恢复国籍|publisher=Sina|language =zh|date =26 February 2019| access-date =27 February 2019}} N'Doumbou lifted the CFA Cup with Shanghai Greenland Shenhua on 6 December 2019.{{cite web | url =https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/cfacup/2019-12-06/doc-iihnzhfz4146419.shtml|title =申花打破足协杯先主后客夺冠魔咒 并终结尴尬纪录|publisher=Sina|language=zh|date=6 December 2019|access-date =6 December 2019}} After four seasons in Shanghai he would move to another Chinese Super League club in Zhejiang on 17 January 2023.{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/3227480.html|title=官宣：欢迎钱杰给加盟浙江队|publisher=M.dongqiudi.com|language=zh|date=2023-01-17|access-date=2023-01-31}}
International career
N'Doumbou played for the Gabon national team, earning his first call-up to the team by former coach Alain Giresse in November 2009.{{cite web | url = http://www.bdpgabon.org/articles/2009/11/03/gabon-ndoumbou-dit-non-pour-linstant/ | publisher=Bongo Doit Partir Gabon | title = Ndoumbou dit non… pour l'instant |language = fr |date = 3 November 2009 | access-date = 26 July 2010}} He competed for Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite news |title=Aubameyang in Gabon Olympic squad |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/18702878 |access-date=2023-11-18}} In February 2019, he renounced his Gabonese citizenship to apply Chinese nationality. Given that N'Doumbou appeared in official matches for Gabon, however, he will not be eligible to represent the China national team.
Personal life
N'Doumbou was born in Port-Gentil to a Gabonese father and a Chinese Hakka mother. His parents met in China where his father was attending school.{{cite web|url=http://www.gabonews.ga/index.php/actualite/sports/football/900-l-en-2012-je-repondrais-present-r-alexander-ndoumbou-internationale-gabonais- |publisher=Gabonews |title="En 2012, je répondrais présent", Alexander Ndoumbou, international gabonais |language=fr |date=26 January 2010 |access-date=26 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202221121/http://www.gabonews.ga/index.php/actualite/sports/football/900-l-en-2012-je-repondrais-present-r-alexander-ndoumbou-internationale-gabonais- |archive-date=2 February 2010 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|17 October 2023}}.{{Soccerway|alexander-ndoumbou/95814|Alexander N'Doumbou}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=7|Marseille
|rowspan="6"|Ligue 1 |0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010–11
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|Orléans (loan)
|rowspan="2"|Championnat National |21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2012–13
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| rowspan=4|Marseille B
|2012–13 |rowspan="3"|Championnat National 3 |3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14
|25 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2014–15
|14 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 14 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|FCV Dener EH
|rowspan="2"|Belgian First Amateur Division |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 17 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| FC Vereya
|First Professional Football League |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Shanghai Shenhua
|2019 |rowspan="4"|Chinese Super League |24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2020
|19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2021
|9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2022
|29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 29 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!81 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 4 | |
| Zhejiang FC
|2023 |Chinese Super League |23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
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Honours
Shanghai Shenhua
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|alexander-ndoumbou/95814}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120322152219/http://www.om.net/en/Teams/201002/Effectif_pro/1756/A_N_DOUMBOU Alexander N'Doumbou profile] at om.net (archived)
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- {{Lequipe|id=35714}}
- {{NFT player|id=41946|name=Alexander N'Doumbou}}
{{Zhejiang Professional F.C. squad}}
{{Gabon men's football squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Gabon squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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Category:Gabonese men's footballers
Category:Gabon men's international footballers
Category:Chinese men's footballers
Category:Gabonese people of Chinese descent
Category:Chinese people of Gabonese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Gabonese descent
Category:Olympic footballers for Gabon
Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:Gabonese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:People from Ogooué-Maritime Province
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