Jean-Pierre Nsame

Jean-Pierre Nsamé
Jean-Pierre Nsamé playing for BSC Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jean-Pierre Junior Nsamé[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw
(on loan from Como)
Number 77
Youth career
2008–2012 Angers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Angers II 38 (22)
2012–2016 Angers 23 (1)
2013–2014 → Carquefou (loan) 22 (0)
2014–2015 → Amiens (loan) 34 (7)
2016–2017 Servette 31 (23)
2017–2024 Young Boys 175 (109)
2022 → Venezia (loan) 11 (0)
2024– Como 8 (0)
2024– → Legia Warsaw (loan) 3 (1)
International career‡
2017– Cameroon 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Jean-Pierre Junior Nsamé (born 1 May 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, on loan from Serie A club Como. He also plays for and the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Early career

Nsame made his professional debut in April 2012 for Angers in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Metz.[2] He made 23 appearances for Angers over four seasons with the club and also enjoyed loan spells with Carquefou and Amiens in the Championnat National.

At the end of the 2015–16 season, having failed to break into the first team on a regular basis, Nsame was released by the club. In July 2016, Nsame went on trial at English League One side Walsall and played in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Norwich City. However, after negative details emerged about his past, he was released by the club.[3][4]

Servette

On 23 August 2016, Nsame signed for Swiss Challenge League side Servette. He finished as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, helping the club to an impressive third place finish after their promotion the previous season.

Young Boys

His goals attracted interest from other clubs and in July 2017, after only one year in Geneva, he joined Young Boys of the Swiss Super League. In his first season, he was part of the Young Boys squad that won the Super League title for the first time in 32 years.[5] They clinched the title with a 2–1 win over Luzern on 28 April 2018, with Nsame scoring an 89th minute winner.[6] He helped the club retain their title the following campaign, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances.

On 14 September 2019, Nsame netted his first hat-trick for the club in an 11–2 victory over fifth division side FC Freienbach in the second round of the Swiss Cup. Five days later, he scored his first goal in European competition in a 2–1 defeat to Portuguese side FC Porto in the group stage of the Europa League.[7] On 24 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 win over FC Sion in the Swiss Super League; the match also saw Pajtim Kasami score a hat-trick for Sion.[8]

In the 2019–20 Swiss Super league season Nsame finished the season as the league's top goalscorer with 32 goals in 32 matches[9] and powered the Young Boys to winning the Swiss double, by winning the Swiss League for the 3rd straight time[10] and the Swiss Cup.[11]

Loan to Venezia

On 31 January 2022, Nsame joined Italian club Venezia on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to buy.[12]

Como

On 25 January 2024, Nsame signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Como in Serie B.[13]

Loan to Legia Warsaw

On 18 June 2024, Nsame was sent on loan to Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, with an option to buy at the end of the season.[14]

International career

Nsame was called up to the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup.[15]

He earned his first cap for Cameroon when he started their match against Nigeria on 4 September 2017 in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup.[16]

On 9 November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[17]

Personal life

His family name is correctly spelled Nsame, not Nsamé.[18][19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 May 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Angers 2011–12 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2012–13 Ligue 2 17 1 1 0 1 0 — 19 1
2015–16 Ligue 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 — 7 0
Total 23 1 2 0 2 0 — 27 1
Carquefou (loan) 2013–14 Championnat National 22 0 6 0 — — 28 0
Amiens (loan) 2014–15 Championnat National 34 7 2 3 — — 36 10
Servette 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League 31 23 0 0 — — 31 23
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 31 13 5 2 — 9[c] 0 45 15
2018–19 Swiss Super League 31 15 4 1 — 5[d] 0 40 16
2019–20 Swiss Super League 32 32 6 7 — 8[e] 2 46 41
2020–21 Swiss Super League 30 19 1 0 — 11[f] 7 42 26
2022–23 Swiss Super League 33 21 4 5 — 6[g] 4 43 30
2023–24 Swiss Super League 18 9 3 3 — 4[d] 0 25 12
Total 175 109 23 18 — 43 13 241 140
Venezia (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 11 0 — — — 11 0
Como 2023–24 Serie B 8 0 — — — 8 0
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2024–25 Ekstraklasa 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 304 141 33 21 2 0 43 13 382 176
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played on 27 September 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2017 1 0
2019 1 0
2022 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Young Boys

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "FC Metz vs. Angers SCO" (in French). lfp.fr. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Trialist Jean-Pierre Nsame in Walsall squad to take on Norwich City". Bescot Banter. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Walsall end interest in Cameroon striker Jean-Pierre Nsame". Express & Star. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. ^ "How Young Boys shook their nearly-men tag to lift the title and make the Champions League". These Football Times. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  7. ^ "FC Porto 2-1 BSC Young Boys Bern". Sky Sports. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ^ "FC Sion 3-4 BSC Young Boys Bern". Sky Sports. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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  12. ^ "JEAN-PIERRE NSAME JOINS VENEZIA FC" (Press release) (in Italian). Venezia. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  13. ^ "IL GIOCATORE INTERNAZIONALE DEL CAMERUN E DELLA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, JEAN-PIERRE NSAME, FIRMA PER IL COMO 1907" [CAMEROON AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL JEAN-PIERRE NSAME SIGNS FOR COMO 1907] (in Italian). Como. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Jean-Pierre Nsame w Legii" (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  15. ^ Mazibuko, Sandile. "Christian Bassogog tops Cameroon Confederation Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  16. ^ "2018 World Cup: Cameroon fail to qualify after Nigeria draw". BBC Sport. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  17. ^ Cameroon national football team [@LIndomptables] (9 November 2022). "Liste des 26 Lions Indomptables qui iront défendre les couleurs du Cameroun à la Coupe du Monde FIFA Qatar 2022" [List of the 26 Indomitable Lions who will defend the colours of Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.] (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ ""Es zerreisst mich, dass ich mein Kind nicht sehen darf"" [«It tears me up that I can't see my child»]. blick.ch (in German). Blick. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Jean-Pierre Nsame (Angers) mis en examen pour violences sur son bébé". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  20. ^ a b "J. Nsamé". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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  22. ^ "Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title". Yahoo. 18 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Super League: Jean-Pierre Nsame élu meilleur joueur 2019". RTSSport.ch (in French). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Top Scorers". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  25. ^ "Tore". www.sfl.ch. 22 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  26. ^ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  27. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2019". Golden11. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  28. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Cup 2019/2020 - Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 January 2023.