Samuel Gouet

{{short description|Cameroonian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Samuel Gouet

| fullname = Samuel Yves Oum Gwet

| image = Gouet Equipe du Cameroun (cropped).jpg

| caption = Gouet with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|12|14}}

| birth_place = Ayos, Cameroon

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Defensive midfielder, centre-back

| currentclub = Politehnica Iași

| clubnumber = 5

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016

| youthclubs1 = APEJES Academy

| youthyears2 = 2017

| youthclubs2 = Rheindorf Altach

| years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = APEJES Academy | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2017–2021 | clubs2 = Rheindorf Altach | caps2 = 99 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2021–2023 | clubs3 = Mechelen | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Yverdon-Sport | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2024– | clubs5 = Politehnica Iași | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = Cameroon U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019

| nationalteam2 = Cameroon Olympic

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2016–

| nationalteam3 = Cameroon

| nationalcaps3 = 25

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 10 May 2025

| nationalteam-update = 12 September 2023

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|CMR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{Medal|3rd|2021 Cameroon|}}

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Samuel Yves Oum Gwet (born 14 December 1997), known as Samuel Gouet, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Liga I club Politehnica Iași.

Club career

On 23 June 2021, Gouet signed a three-year contract with Mechelen in Belgium.{{cite web|publisher=Mechelen|url=https://www.kvmechelen.be/nieuws/2021-2022/a-kern/oum-gouet-vierde-zomertransfer/|title=OUM GOUET VIERDE ZOMERTRANSFER|date=23 June 2021|accessdate=13 September 2021|language=nl|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109102912/https://www.kvmechelen.be/nieuws/2021-2022/a-kern/oum-gouet-vierde-zomertransfer/|url-status=dead}}

On 26 July 2023, Gouet moved to Yverdon-Sport in Switzerland on a two-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=Yverdon-Sport|url=https://www.yverdonsport.ch/linternational-samuel-gouet-signe-a-ys/|title=L'INTERNATIONAL SAMUEL GOUET SIGNE À YS !|trans-title=INTERNATIONAL SAMUEL GOUET SIGNS FOR YS!|date=26 July 2023|access-date=7 September 2023|language=fr}}

International career

On 9 October 2020, Gouet made his international debut for Cameroon in a friendly match against Japan.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/10/09/world/friendlies/japan/cameroon/3375543/|title=JAPAN VS. CAMEROON 0 - 0|website=Soccerway|date=9 October 2020|accessdate=9 October 2020}} Gouet was one of the 26 players that are called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.{{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}}

=International stats=

{{updated|match played 12 September 2023}}{{NFT player|id=61884|access-date=}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

rowspan="5"|Cameroon

|2016

50
202020
202150
2022110
202310
colspan="2"|Total||25||0

Honours

Mechelen

References

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