Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
Ngadeu-Ngadjui in 2022
Personal information
Full name Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
Date of birth (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990
Place of birth Bafang, Cameroon
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Chongqing Tonglianglong
Number 32
Youth career
Diables Rouges Maroua
2007–2008 Canon Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Canon Yaoundé
2010–2011 Kirchhörder SC
2011–2012 SV Sandhausen II 18 (1)
2012–2014 1. FC Nürnberg II 54 (4)
2014–2016 Botoșani 53 (7)
2016–2019 Slavia Prague 76 (7)
2019–2023 Gent 119 (9)
2023–2025 Beijing Guoan 79 (5)
2026– Chongqing Tonglianglong 0 (0)
International career‡
2016– Cameroon 64 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2017 Gabon
Third place2021 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 October 2025

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chinese Super League club Chongqing Tonglianglong and captains the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Ngadeu trained as a youth with Canon Yaoundé. After graduating in Cameroon, he spent six months learning German in order to study Civil Engineering in Germany.[1] Whilst in Germany, he played for SV Sandhausen II and 1. FC Nürnberg II, before transferring to Romanian club Botoșani in 2014, where he eventually wore the captain's armband.

Slavia Prague

Despite rumours linking him with a move to Steaua Bucharest,[2] in the summer of 2016 he completed a €500k transfer to Slavia Prague.

Upon his return from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, he scored the only hat-trick of his senior career for Slavia Prague in his first game back on 25 February 2017 in their 8–1 away win at Příbram. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.

In January 2019, a €4.5 million transfer to Premier League side Fulham fell through at the last minute, after Ngadeu had flown to London and passed a medical.[3]

He again featured heavily in the 2018–19 season, both in Slavia's Europa League campaign that ended in the quarter finals, and domestically, where the team secured their first domestic double since 1942.[4] At the end of the 2018–19 Czech First League season, he was voted the league's best defender.[5]

Gent

In July 2019, Ngadeu moved to Belgian club Gent.[6]

Beijing Guoan

On 30 March 2023, Ngadeu joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.[7] On 15 April 2024, Ngadeu made his debut for Guoan in a 1–1 home draw against Meizhou Hakka.[8] On 13 August 2023, he scored his first goal for Guoan in a 1–0 away win against Nantong Zhiyun.[9] He was selected in China Super League's 2023 Team of the Season.[10]

Throughout the 2024 season, he was selected in the league's team of the month 4 times. Guoan extended his contract to the end of the 2025 season on 4 May 2025.[10]

He departed Guoan at the end of the 2025 season after his contract expired. Across 92 appearances, he scored 6 goals. He won the 2025 Chinese FA Cup with the club.[11]

Chongqing Tonglianglong

On 7 February 2026, newly-promoted Chinese Super League side Chongqing Tonglianglong announced the signing of Ngadeu.[12]

International career

Ngadeu made his senior debut for the Cameroon national team in a 2–0 win over The Gambia for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[13] He went on to play every minute of Cameroon's victorious 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, scoring two goals, including a clearance off the line followed by the winning goal in the group stage match against Guinea-Bissau. He was ultimately named one of three defenders in the Confederation of African Football's Team of the Tournament.[14] He played in all 3 group games for Cameroon in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In September 2018, he was named as captain for new manager Clarence Seedorf's first 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game against The Comoros.[15] He participated the 2019 and 2021 editions of Africa Cup of Nations, playing every single minute in both tournaments except the third place play-off of the latter. However, he was not included in Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was later one of four veteran players left out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations squad.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 July 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Nürnberg II 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern 231———231
2013–14 313———313
Total 544———544
Botoșani 2014–15 Liga I 28110——291
2015–16 2560000—256
Total 5371000—547
Slavia Prague 2016–17 Czech First League 276405[a]0—366
2017–18 201209[b]1—312
2018–19 2903013[c]1—451
Total 76790272—1129
Gent 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 2931012[a]1—424
2020–21 271007[d]0—341
2021–22 3343013[e]0—494
2022–23 3013011[f]01[g]0451
Total 1199704311017010
Beijing Guoan 2023 Chinese Super League 29120——311
2024 28320——303
2025 221306[h]1—312
Total 7957061—926
Chongqing Tonglianglong 2026 Chinese Super League 18 1 1 0 — — 19 1
Career total 399332507641050137
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ↑ Nine appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
  7. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  8. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Two

International

As of match played 13 November 2025[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 201640
2017172
201840
201990
202010
202192
202290
202471
202540
Total645
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal.[17]
List of international goals scored by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
118 January 2017Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon Guinea-Bissau2–12–12017 Africa Cup of Nations
22 February 2017Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Ghana1–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations
33 September 2021Paul Biya Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon Malawi2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
411 October 2021Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangiers, Morocco Mozambique1–01–0
58 June 2024Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon Cape Verde1–04–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Slavia Prague

Gent

Beijing Guoan

Cameroon

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Interview mit dem Kameruner Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui - International - Fußball - sportschau.de". www.sportschau.de. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "EXCLUSIV Primul interviu dat în România de Ngadeu după câștigarea Cupei Africii » A vorbit și despre Steaua, dar și despre jucătorul pe care-l vede în naționala României". GSP (in Romanian). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tvrdík se zlobí na Fulham! Ngadeu byl téměř prodaný, přestup padl". February 2019. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Double Slavia". Slavia Prague. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 @fortunaligacz (22 May 2019). "Nejlepším obráncem Michael Ngadeu..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Welcome Michael Ngadeu!".
  7. ↑ "官方：德索萨、阿代米、恩加德乌、韩佳奇等8人加盟北京国安" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "国安1-1梅州，张稀哲点射救主，叶楚贵爆射破门，阿代米造点". Dongqiudi. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "北京国安1-0南通支云，恩加德乌凌空飞踢制胜，张稀哲献助攻". Dongqiudi. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  10. 1 2 "官方：北京国安与外援恩加德乌完成续约，续约至2025年12月31日". www.163.com. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "国安官方：感谢恩加德乌3个赛季的付出和努力，未来顺利！". www.163.com. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "官方：喀麦隆球员恩加德乌正式加盟重庆铜梁龙". www.163.com. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  13. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain (3 September 2016). "CAN 2017 : Le Cameroun sans forcer, l'Ethiopie en salle d'attente - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Bassogog named Total Man of the Competition". CAF. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  15. ↑ Football, Camfoot. "Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui new captain of Indomitable Lions". www.camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "Cameroon's AFCON 2025 chaos: Why there are two squad lists, and why Andre Onana still misses out". ESPN. 18 December 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Michael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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