Serge N'Gal

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| name = Serge N'Gal

| image =

| fullname = Serge Charles N'Gal

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|1|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nkongsamba, Cameroon

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Forward

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| years1 = 2003–2004 | clubs1 = Villarreal B | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = Inter Turku | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2006 | clubs3 = Brest | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2006–2008 | clubs4 = União Leiria | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2008–2010 | clubs5 = Gimnàstic | caps5 = 50 | goals5 = 9

| years6 = 2010–2011 | clubs6 = União Leiria | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2012 | clubs7 = USM Alger | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2012 | clubs8 = Académica | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2014 | clubs9 = La Roda | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2015–2016 | clubs10 = Inter Turku | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 2

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Serge Charles N'Gal (born 13 January 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Nkongsamba, N'Gal started his professional career in Spain with Villarreal CF at the age of 17, but could not find a place in the first team. In 2004, he moved to FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Veikkausliiga, as he had visited the country before when representing Cameroon in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. His first season was not a success due to an injury, as he played only six games and scored two goals.

In his second year, N'Gal was among the top players in the league, and his impressive performances attracted interest from bigger European clubs. Midway through the 2005–06 campaign, he signed with French second level side Stade Brestois 29 but, after an unsuccessful stint, joined Portuguese Primeira Liga's U.D. Leiria.

In May 2008, N'Gal stated that S.L. Benfica and Deportivo de La Coruña had shown interest in him.{{cite web|url=http://www.portugoal.net/Home0708/200805164Shorts.htm|title=N'Gal blasts Leiria for blocking Benfica move|publisher=PortuGOAL|first=Marco|last=Pereira|date=16 May 2008|access-date=18 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723221502/http://portugoal.net/Home0708/200805164Shorts.htm|archive-date=23 July 2008}} In August, after Leiria's relegation, he moved back to Spain and signed a two-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona, in division two.{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/gimnastic_de_tarragona/es/desarrollo/1152789.html|title=El camerunés Serge N'Gal refuerza el ataque del Nástic|trans-title=Cameroonian Serge N'Gal strengthens Nàstic offense|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=3 August 2008|access-date=18 August 2008}}

After a poor second season with the Catalans – 19 matches, no goals{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2009/12/03/futbol/equipos/gimnastic/1259860484.html|title=N'Gal amenaza con largarse|trans-title=N'Gal threatens with splitting|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=3 December 2009|access-date=8 June 2016}}– N'Gal returned to União de Leiria. On 15 January 2012, he signed an 18-month contract with Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club USM Alger,{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-10698/l1-serge-n-gal-cam-s-engage-avec-l-usm-alger/|title=Serge N'gal (CAM) s'engage avec l'USM Alger|trans-title=Serge N'gal (CAM) commits to USM Alger|publisher=DZFoot|first=Walid|last=Z.|language=French|date=15 January 2012|access-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206112650/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-10698/l1-serge-n-gal-cam-s-engage-avec-l-usm-alger/|archive-date=6 February 2012}} being released four months later.{{cite news|url=http://www.liberte-algerie.com/sports/n-gal-un-flop-a-880-millions-usma-177779|title=N'gal, un flop à 880 millions!|trans-title=N’gal, 880 million fiasco!|newspaper=Liberté|first=Nazim|last=T.|language=French|date=10 May 2012|access-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513145126/http://www.liberte-algerie.com/sports/n-gal-un-flop-a-880-millions-usma-177779|archive-date=13 May 2012}}