Noah Edjouma
{{Short description|French footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|birth_place = Clamart, France
|height = 1.81 m
|position = Forward
|currentclub = Toulouse
|clubnumber = 35
|youthyears1 = 2010–2012
|youthclubs1 = Lavaur
|youthyears2 = 2012–2013
|youthclubs2 = Toulouse Fontaines
|youthyears3 = 2013–2023
|youthclubs3 = Toulouse
|years1 = 2023–
|clubs1 = Toulouse II
|caps1 = 27
|goals1 = 7
|years2 = 2024–
|clubs2 = Toulouse
|caps2 = 10
|goals2 = 2
|nationalyears1 = 2022
|nationalteam1 = France U18
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 1
|nationalyears2 = 2024–
|nationalteam2 = France U20
|nationalcaps2 = 8
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|nationalyears3 = 2025–
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Noah Edjouma (born 4 October 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{French football updater|Toulouse}} club Toulouse.
Club career
Born in Clamart in Hauts-de-Seine, Edjouma began playing football for Lavaur in 2010. In 2012, he joined Toulouse Fontaines, and a year later Toulouse FC. With Toulouse's under-17 team, he was a national champion in 2022.{{cite news |title=Bucurie în familia Edjouma. Cu ce echipă din Ligue 1 a semnat fratele jucătorului de la FCSB|trans-title=Joy in the Edjouma family. Which Ligue 1 team did the FCSB player's brother sign with? |url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/ligue-1/bucurie-in-familia-edjouma-cu-ce-echipa-din-ligue-1-a-semnat-fratele-jucatorului-de-la-fcsb-2283807 |access-date=31 December 2024 |publisher=Digi Sport |date=18 March 2023 |language=Romanian}}{{cite news |title=Officiel : Noah Edjouma signe professionnel au TFC|trans-title=Official: Noah Edjoima signs professionally for TFC|url=https://www.lesviolets.com/actu/officiel-noah-edjouma-signe-professionnel-au-tfc,66300.html |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Les Violets |date=16 March 2023 |language=French}}
In March 2023, 17-year-old Edjouma signed his first professional contract at Toulouse, for three years with the option of a fourth. He made his debut on 7 January 2024 in the round of 64 of the Coupe de France, in which his club was the title holder. Away to Championnat National 3 club Chambéry SF, he came on as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 3–0 win; shortly after entering the game he shot against the crossbar, and Thijs Dallinga scored from the rebound.{{cite news |last1=Lejolivet |first1=Pierre |title=Coupe de France. La hiérarchie respectée pour les 32es de finale... Revivez la journée de dimanche|trans-title=Coupe de France. Hierarchy respected in the last 64... Relive Sunday's games |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/coupe-de-france/direct/direct-coupe-de-france-un-choc-deux-derbies-suivez-les-derniers-32es-de-finale-en-live-ef5e0bf1-c02d-4d6a-af48-80bafb05d706 |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Ouest-France |date=7 January 2024 |language=French}} Two weeks later in the next round away to Rouen of the Championnat National, he came on with three minutes remaining of a 3–3 draw and scored his attempt in the penalty shootout, though his side lost 12–11.{{cite news |title=Football – Coupe de France : Rouen s’offre Toulouse au terme d’une folle séance de tirs au but|trans-title=Football – Coupe de France: Rouen beat Toulouse after a crazy penalty shootout|url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/id486134/article/2024-01-21/football-coupe-de-france-rouen-soffre-toulouse-au-terme-dune-incroyable-seance |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Paris-Normandie |date=21 January 2024 |language=French}}
On 9 February 2025, Edjouma made his Ligue 1 debut for Toulouse in a 2–2 draw away to Auxerre, scoring the final goal of the game.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=Noah Edjouma : “J’ai eu un parcours très compliqué, je me suis accroché” - LesViolets.Com |url=https://www.lesviolets.com/actu/noah-edjouma-jai-eu-un-parcours-tres-complique-je-me-suis-accroche,75847.html |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=www.lesviolets.com |language=fr}}
International career
In November 2022, Edjouma was called up by the France under-18 team for two friendly matches against Italy at INF Clairefontaine.{{cite news |title=France U18 : trois Pitchouns sélectionnés !|trans-title=France U18: three Toulouse players sected!|url=https://www.lesviolets.com/actu/france-u18-trois-pitchouns-selectionnes,64676.html |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Les Violets |date=10 November 2022 |language=French}} He came on as a substitute in both and scored in the latter, a 3–0 win on 20 November.{{cite news |title=OL - France U18 : les Lyonnais se distinguent face à l'Italie|trans-title=OL - France U18 : Lyon players distinguish themselves against Italy |url=https://www.olympique-et-lyonnais.com/ol-france-u18-les-lyonnais-se-distinguent-face-a-litalie,271298.html |access-date=31 December 2024 |publisher=Olympique et Lyonnais |date=20 November 2022 |language=French}}
Edjouma was first called up to the under-20 side by manager Bernard Diomède in September 2022, as a late injury replacement for two warm-up games against Switzerland.{{cite news |title=Direction Clairefontaine pour Noah Edjouma, appelé de dernière minute avec les U20|trans-title=Destination Clairefontaine for Noah Edjouma, called up at the last minute for the U20s|url=https://www.lesviolets.com/actu/direction-clairefontaine-pour-noah-edjouma-appele-de-derniere-minute-avec-les-u20,73629.html |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=Les Violets |date=6 September 2024 |language=French}}
Personal life
Edjouma was born in France to a Cameroonian father and Moroccan mother.{{cite web|url=http://lionsdelatlas.ma/27923-malcom-sylas-edjouma-avec-les-lions-de-l-atlas-de-sellami|title=Malcom Sylas Edjouma avec les Lions de l'Atlas de Sellami|trans-title=Malcom Sylas Edjouma with Sellami's Atlas Lions|website=lionsdelatlas.ma|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215171654/http://lionsdelatlas.ma/27923-malcom-sylas-edjouma-avec-les-lions-de-l-atlas-de-sellami|url-status=dead|language=French}} His older brother, Malcom (born 1996), is also a footballer. A midfielder, he represented several clubs in France and FCSB in Romania.
References
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External links
- [https://www.toulousefc.com/equipes/equipe-professionnelle/noah-edjouma Noah Edjouma] at Toulouse FC
- {{FFF player|10783-edjouma-noah}}
- {{soccerway|noah-edjouma/920126}}
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Category:Footballers from Clamart
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
Category:French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Toulouse Fontaines Club players