Steve Ngoura
{{Short description|French footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Steve Ngoura
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|2|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ivry-sur-Seine, France
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Cercle Brugge
| clubnumber = 77
| youthyears1 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs1 = ES Vitry
| youthyears2 = 2017–2019
| youthclubs2 = Choisy-le-Roi
| youthyears3 = 2019–2022
| youthclubs3 = Le Havre
| years1 = 2022–2024
| clubs1 = Le Havre B
| caps1 = 33
| goals1 = 8
| years2 = 2022–2025
| clubs2 = Le Havre
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = Cercle Brugge
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2021
| nationalteam1 = France U17
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2023–2024
| nationalteam2 = France U19
| nationalcaps2 = 11
| nationalgoals2 = 5
| nationalyears3 = 2024–
| nationalteam3 = France U20
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalgoals3 = 12
| club-update = 11 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 15 June 2025
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|FRA}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2024 Northern Ireland|}}
}}
Steve Ngoura (born 22 February 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge.{{Soccerway|id=steve-ngoura/797845|accessdate=11 August 2022}}
Early life
Born in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne,{{Cite web |date=30 Jan 2022 |title=Steve Ngoura, le futur attaquant du HAC ? |url=https://www.footnormand.fr/fil-actualites/steve-ngoura-le-futur-attaquant-du-hac |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Foot Normand |language=fr}} Ngoura grew up in Vitry, where he first played football, before joining the {{Ill|Le Havre AC Academy|lt=Le Havre Academy|fr|Centre de formation du Havre Athletic Club Football Association}}, after a two-year spell at Choisy-le-Roi.{{Cite web |last=Youcef |first=Rafik |date=2021-08-11 |title=Turfu [17/20] - Steve Ngoura (Le Havre AC) : " Je suis obnubilé par le but " |url=https://www.onzemondial.com/ligue-2/turfu-17-20-steve-ngoura-le-havre-ac-je-suis-obnubile-par-le-but-660253 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Onze Mondial |language=fr}}
Club career
Steve Ngoura quickly rose as a great prospect of the Normand academy, starting to play with the National 3 reserve during the 2021–22 season, after being a standout player in the Coupe Gambardella. His team reached the round of 16 in the youth competition, as Ngoura scored the only goal of the game against PSG, that knocked out a team including the likes of Warren Zaïre-Emery and Ismaël Gharbi.{{Cite web |last=Bricout |first=Nathan |date=2022-01-30 |title=Coupe Gambardella : le PSG prend la porte dès les seizièmes de finale ! |url=https://www.onzemondial.com/coupe-de-france/coupe-gambardella-le-psg-prend-la-porte-des-les-seiziemes-de-finale-757489 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Onze Mondial |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Poisnel |first=David |date=2022-02-03 |title=Football - Coupe Gambardella : le HAC se rendra à Lyon - La Duchère en 8es de finale |url=http://www.paris-normandie.fr/id275493/article/2022-02-03/football-coupe-gambardella-le-hac-se-rendra-lyon-la-duchere-en-8es-de-finale |access-date=2022-08-11 |website={{ill|Paris-Normandie|fr}} |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=16es I Le bon coup du Havre AC face au Paris-SG (1-0) |url=http://admin-ffftv.fff.fr/admin/api/shared/video/4438/publish |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=FFF tv}}
Ngoura made his professional debut as a 17-year-old for Le Havre in a Ligue 2 match againstValenciennes on 6 August 2022, coming on as substitute in the final five minutes of a 1-0 away defeat.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-07 |title=Valenciennes vs Le Havre - 6 August 2022 |url=https://ie.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/06/france/ligue-2/valenciennes-anzin-football-club/le-havre-athletic-club-football-associat/3802731/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Soccerway}} It was his only appearance during Le Havre's Ligue 2 title winning season. His next first-team appearance came almost 18 months later on 7 January 2024, replacing Daler Kuzyayev during a 2–1 at home in Coupe de France win to Caen.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-07 |title=Ligue 2 : le HAC ne fait pas avancer le débat |url=http://www.paris-normandie.fr/id331816/article/2022-08-07/football-ligue-2-le-hac-ne-fait-pas-avancer-le-debat |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Paris-Normandie |language=fr |quote=Autre première, toujours aux avant-postes, celle qui accompagna Steve Ngoura à son entrée en jeu sur la pelouse du Hainaut (84e).}}
On 3 January 2025, Ngoura signed for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge for a fee of €3 million.{{Cite web |title=Mercato : Le Havre officialise le départ de Steven Ngoura pour le Cercle Bruges en Belgique (Transferts) |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mercato-le-havre-officialise-le-depart-de-steven-ngoura-pour-le-cercle-bruges-en-belgique/1529881 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}
International career
Ngoura was selected for the France squad for the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship played in Northern Ireland. He came on in the second-half of a 2-0 defeat to Spain in the final.{{Cite web |date=28 July 2024 |title=Spain-France - UEFA Under-19 2024 Final |url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2040616--spain-vs-france// |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=UEFA}}
Personal life
Born in France, Ngoura is of Cameroonian descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.camfoot.com/actualites/le-havre-steve-ngoura-passe-pro,405396.html|title=Le Havre : Steve Ngoura passe pro|first=Guy|last=Etom|date=16 June 2023}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 15 December 2024}}{{Soccerway|797845}}
| 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"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Le Havre B
|6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|National 3 |15 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24
|National 3 |12 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!33 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 8 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Le Havre
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25
|Ligue 1 |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 | ||
| Cercle Brugge
|0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | ||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!54 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 |
Honours
France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/028f-1b7a720b2f6a-df11f0b8fd9a-1000--2024-under-19-euro-final-highlights-report-spain-2-0-france/|title=2024 Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-0 France|publisher=UEFA|date=28 July 2024|access-date=29 June 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|steve-ngoura/797845}}
- {{FFF player|id=10228-ngoura-steve}}
- [https://sofifa.com/player/271256/steve-ngoura/240021/ Steve Ngoura] sur SoFIFA.
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Category:Footballers from Ivry-sur-Seine
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
Category:Black French sportspeople
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:AS Choisy-le-Roi players
Category:Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:French expatriate men's footballers