Jean-Pierre Nsame
{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jean-Pierre Nsame
| fullname = Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR) |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=15 November 2022}}
| image = Jean-Pierre Nsame 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jean-Pierre Nsame playing for BSC Young Boys in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|5|1}}
| birth_place = Douala, Cameroon
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = St. Gallen
(on loan from Como)
| clubnumber = 33
| youthyears1 = 2008–2012
| youthclubs1 = Angers
| years1 = 2012–2016
| clubs1 = Angers II
| caps1 = 38
| goals1 = 22
| years2 = 2012–2016
| clubs2 = Angers
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2013–2014
| clubs3 = → Carquefou (loan)
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014–2015
| clubs4 = → Amiens (loan)
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = Servette
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 23
| years6 = 2017–2024
| clubs6 = Young Boys
| caps6 = 175
| goals6 = 109
| years7 = 2022
| clubs7 = → Venezia (loan)
| caps7 = 11
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = Como
| caps8 = 8
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2024–2025
| clubs9 = → Legia Warsaw (loan)
| caps9 = 6
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2025–
| clubs10 = → St. Gallen (loan)
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017–
| nationalteam1 = Cameroon
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 20:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 18:40, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
}}
Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame (born 1 May 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen, on loan from {{Italian football updater|Como}} club Como.
Club career
=Early career=
Nsame made his professional debut in April 2012 for Angers in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Metz.{{cite news|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/75084|title=FC Metz vs. Angers SCO|publisher=lfp.fr|language=fr|date=27 April 2012|access-date=20 June 2015}} He made 23 appearances for Angers over four seasons with the club and also enjoyed loan spells with Carquefou and Amiens in the Championnat National.
At the end of the 2015–16 season, having failed to break into the first team on a regular basis, Nsame was released by the club. In July 2016, Nsame went on trial at English League One side Walsall and played in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Norwich City. However, after negative details emerged about his past, he was released by the club.{{cite news|url=https://www.bescotbanter.net/2016/07/trialist-jean-pierre-nsame-in-walsall.html|title=Trialist Jean-Pierre Nsame in Walsall squad to take on Norwich City|publisher=Bescot Banter|date=9 July 2016|access-date=18 July 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/walsall-fc/2016/07/12/walsall-end-interest-in-french-striker-jean-pierre-nsame/|title=Walsall end interest in Cameroon striker Jean-Pierre Nsame|publisher=Express & Star|date=12 July 2016|access-date=18 July 2020}}
=Servette=
On 23 August 2016, Nsame signed for Swiss Challenge League side Servette. He finished as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, helping the club to an impressive third place finish after their promotion the previous season.
=Young Boys=
His goals attracted interest from other clubs and in July 2017, after only one year in Geneva, he joined Young Boys of the Swiss Super League. In his first season, he was part of the Young Boys squad that won the Super League title for the first time in 32 years.{{cite news|url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/09/17/how-young-boys-shook-their-nearly-men-tag-to-lift-the-title-and-make-the-champions-league/|title=How Young Boys shook their nearly-men tag to lift the title and make the Champions League|publisher=These Football Times|date=17 September 2018|access-date=18 July 2020}} They clinched the title with a 2–1 win over Luzern on 28 April 2018, with Nsame scoring an 89th minute winner.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-swiss/soccer-young-boys-end-32-year-wait-for-swiss-title-and-end-basel-dominance-idUKKBN1HZ0YS|title=Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance|publisher=Reuters|date=28 April 2018|access-date=23 April 2019}} He helped the club retain their title the following campaign, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances.
On 14 September 2019, Nsame netted his first hat-trick for the club in an 11–2 victory over fifth division side FC Freienbach in the second round of the Swiss Cup. Five days later, he scored his first goal in European competition in a 2–1 defeat to Portuguese side FC Porto in the group stage of the Europa League.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/fc-porto-vs-young-boys/420447|title=FC Porto 2-1 BSC Young Boys Bern|website=Sky Sports|date=19 September 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}} On 24 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 win over FC Sion in the Swiss Super League; the match also saw Pajtim Kasami score a hat-trick for Sion.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/sion-vs-young-boys/411111|title=FC Sion 3-4 BSC Young Boys Bern|website=Sky Sports|date=24 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}
In the 2019–20 Swiss Super league season Nsame finished the season as the league's top goalscorer with 32 goals in 32 matches{{Cite web|title=Top Scorers Swiss Super League 2019-2020 - Football|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/swiss-super-league/2019-2020/standingperson.shtml|access-date=19 October 2020|website=Eurosport|language=en}} and powered the Young Boys to winning the Swiss double, by winning the Swiss League for the 3rd straight time{{Cite web|title=Young Boys seal third straight Swiss title|url=https://www.beinsports.com/en/football/news/young-boys-seal-third-straight-swiss-title/1515371|access-date=19 October 2020|website=beIN SPORTS|language=en}} and the Swiss Cup.
==Loan to Venezia==
On 31 January 2022, Nsame joined Italian club Venezia on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to buy.{{cite press release|publisher=Venezia|url=https://www.veneziafc.it/en/news/jean-pierre-nsame-joins-venezia-fc|title=JEAN-PIERRE NSAME JOINS VENEZIA FC|date=31 January 2022|access-date=31 January 2022|language=it}}
=Como=
On 25 January 2024, Nsame signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Como in Serie B.{{cite web|publisher=Como|url=https://comofootball.com/il-giocatore-internazionale-del-camerun-e-della-champions-league-jean-pierre-nsame-firma-per-il-como-1907/|title=IL GIOCATORE INTERNAZIONALE DEL CAMERUN E DELLA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, JEAN-PIERRE NSAME, FIRMA PER IL COMO 1907|trans-title=CAMEROON AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL JEAN-PIERRE NSAME SIGNS FOR COMO 1907|date=25 January 2024|access-date=26 January 2024|language=it}}
==Loan to Legia Warsaw==
On 18 June 2024, Nsame was sent on loan to Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, with an option to buy at the end of the season.{{Cite web |title=Jean-Pierre Nsame w Legii |url=https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/jean-pierre-nsame-w-legii/21980 |access-date=4 July 2024 |publisher=Legia Warsaw |language=pl |date= 18 June 2024}}
==Loan to St. Gallen==
On 30 January 2025, he returned to Switzerland to join St. Gallen on loan for the remainder of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcsg.ch/pages/news/-news-826763634|title=FCSG verstärkt sich leihweise mit Jean-Pierre Nsame|date=30 January 2025|access-date=30 January 2025|language=de-ch}}
International career
Nsame was called up to the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup.{{cite web |last1=Mazibuko |first1=Sandile |title=Christian Bassogog tops Cameroon Confederation Cup squad |url=https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/broos-includes-seven-new-faces-in-cameroons-confed-cup-squad/1dr2n0l819d3r1a74bmep6y3cj |website=Goal |access-date=23 April 2019}}
He earned his first cap for Cameroon when he started their match against Nigeria on 4 September 2017 in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup.{{cite web |title=2018 World Cup: Cameroon fail to qualify after Nigeria draw |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41154779 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=23 April 2019 |date=4 September 2014}}
On 9 November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.{{cite tweet |author=Cameroon national football team |author-link=Cameroon national football team |user=LIndomptables |number=1590446431575638016 |date=9 November 2022 |title=Liste des 26 Lions Indomptables qui iront défendre les couleurs du Cameroun à la Coupe du Monde FIFA Qatar 2022. |trans-title=List of the 26 Indomitable Lions who will defend the colours of Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. |language=fr |access-date=12 November 2022}}
Personal life
His family name is correctly spelled Nsame, not Nsamé.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/yb-star-nsame-ist-in-frankreich-angeklagt-es-zerreisst-mich-dass-ich-mein-kind-nicht-sehen-darf-id7400436.html|title="Es zerreisst mich, dass ich mein Kind nicht sehen darf"|trans-title=«It tears me up that I can't see my child»|language=de|website=blick.ch|publisher=Blick|date=9 December 2018|access-date=29 June 2020}}{{Cite web|title = Jean-Pierre Nsame (Angers) mis en examen pour violences sur son bébé|url = https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Jean-pierre-nsame-angers-mis-en-examen-pour-violences-sur-son-bebe/607075|website = L'Equipe.fr|access-date = 12 November 2015|language = fr-FR}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 7 November 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jean-pierre-nsame/241557/|title=J. Nsamé|website=Soccerway|access-date=13 January 2020}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup, Polish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4" |Angers
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13
|Ligue 2 |17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16
|5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 1 | ||
| Carquefou (loan)
|22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | |||
| Amiens (loan)
|Championnat National |34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 10 | |||
| Servette
|31 | 23 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 23 | |||
| rowspan="7" |Young Boys
|31 | 13 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 9{{efn|Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 45 | 15 | ||
| 2018–19
|Swiss Super League |31 | 15 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 40 | 16 | ||
| 2019–20
|Swiss Super League |32 | 32 | 6 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | 8{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League}} | 2 | 46 | 41 | ||
| 2020–21
|Swiss Super League |30 | 19 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11{{efn|Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League}} | 7 | 42 | 26 | ||
| 2022–23
|Swiss Super League |33 | 21 | 4 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | 6{{efn|name=CON|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 4 | 43 | 30 | ||
| 2023–24
|Swiss Super League |18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 4{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 25 | 12 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!175 | 109 | 23 | 18 | colspan="2" |— | 43 | 13 | 241 | 140 | ||
| Venezia (loan)
|11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Como
|8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Legia Warsaw (loan)
|6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 3{{efn|name=CON}} | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| St. Gallen (loan)
|Swiss Super League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!310 | 141 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 392 | 176 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played on 27 September 2022}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Cameroon
|2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
Young Boys
- Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/young-boys-wins-swiss-league-title-in-54th-week-of-season/2020/07/31/59092fea-d36e-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html|access-date=18 October 2020|issn=0190-8286}} 2020–21,{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/young-boys-win-fourth-straight-171147271.html|title=Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title|website=Yahoo|date=18 April 2021|accessdate=19 April 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418230513/https://sports.yahoo.com/young-boys-win-fourth-straight-171147271.html|url-status=dead}} 2022–23
- Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23{{Cite web|title=Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate|url=https://www.football.ch//sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2020/cp-3954/cr-109/tg-3452936/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=football.ch|language=de}}
Individual
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2019–20,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-20 |title=Super League: Jean-Pierre Nsame élu meilleur joueur 2019 |url=https://www.rts.ch/sport/football/11030039-super-league-jeanpierre-nsame-elu-meilleur-joueur-2019.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=RTSSport.ch |language=fr}} 2020–21
- Swiss Super League top scorer: 2019–20,{{cite web|title=Top Scorers|url=http://www.sfl.ch/fr/statistiques-archives/superleague/joueurs/classement-des-buteurs/|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422011449/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/statistiques-archives/superleague/joueurs/classement-des-buteurs/|url-status=dead}} 2020–21, 2022–23{{cite web|url=https://www.sfl.ch/statistiken/credit-suisse-super-league/spieler/detail/2022-2023/competition/CSSL/detail/96/reverse/1/field/shotsAtGoalSuccessfull/|title=Tore|website=Swiss Football League|date=22 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323152146/https://www.sfl.ch/statistiken/credit-suisse-super-league/spieler/detail/2022-2023/competition/CSSL/detail/96/reverse/1/field/shotsAtGoalSuccessfull/|url-status=dead}}
- Swiss Super League Goal of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18,{{Cite web |date=2018-01-31 |title=SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/2017 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}}
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20,{{Cite web |date=2020-01-30 |title=SAFP Golden 11 2019 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/2019 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}} 2020–21{{Cite web |date=2021-02-02 |title=SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020 |url=https://golden11.ch/awards/safp-golden-11-winners-2020 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Golden11 |language=en-US}}
- Swiss Cup top scorer: 2019–20,{{Cite web |title=Cup 2019/2020 - Top Scorer |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/sui-cup-2019-2020/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}} 2022–23
- Swiss Challenge League top scorer: 2016–17
References
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External links
- {{lfpfr|nsame-jean-pierre|name=Jean-Pierre Nsame}}
- {{Soccerway|jean-pierre-nsame/241557}}
- [http://www.foot-national.com/19323-joueur-football-N-Same-Jean-Pierre.html Jean-Pierre Nsame foot-national.com Profile]
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{{Cameroon squad 2022 FIFA World Cup}}
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Category:Footballers from Douala
Category:Cameroonian men's footballers
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