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Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
French footballer
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Mbida (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ kevin kudu]; born 13 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Damac. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Mbida[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29)[3] | ||
| Place of birth | Versailles, France | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Damac | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Petits Anges | ||
| 2007–2008 | EST Solitaire Paris | ||
| 2008–2010 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2010–2011 | AC Boulogne Billancourt | ||
| 2011–2013 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Nantes | 34 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Marseille | 28 | (5) |
| 2016–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Burnley (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Monaco (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Beşiktaş | 94 | (19) |
| 2023– | Damac | 23 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | France U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | France U20 | 1 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 2022– | Cameroon | 10 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:46, 30 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2024 | |||
France
He made his Ligue 1 debut on the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 11 August 2013 against SC Bastia. He replaced Serge Gakpé in the last minute of the game.
In June 2015, Nkoudou completed a move to Marseille for £1 million.[5] His performances during the 2015–16 season led to him finishing 30th in UEFA's Best Player in Europe poll.[6]
Tottenham Hotspur
On 31 August 2016, Nkoudou was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for a reported fee of £11 million, signing a five-year deal with the club.[7] He made his Spurs debut against Gillingham in the League Cup when he came on in the 60th minute for Christian Eriksen, this was followed by a very short debut in the league when he came on in the 90th minute against Middlesbrough.[8][9] He made 17 appearances for the club in the 2016–17 season, mostly as substitutes and starting only in two games – an EFL Cup game against Liverpool on 25 October 2016 and an FA Cup tie against Wycombe Wanderers on 28 January 2017.[10]
In his first start of the 2017–18 season, Nkoudou scored his first goal for Tottenham in the Champions League group match against APOEL on 6 December 2017 that ended in a 3–0 win.[11][12]
On 8 January 2018, Nkoudou completed a loan move to Premier League club Burnley until the end of the 2017–18 season.[13][14] He failed to break into the first team regularly and was mainly a back-up to Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, going on to make eight appearances.[15]
Nkoudou returned to Tottenham for the 2018–19 season, but found it difficult to break into the first team.[16] He made his first appearance of the season coming off the bench in the fourth round League Cup match against West Ham.[17] He again came on as a substitute in the League match against Fulham, and provided a crucial cross for the winning goal by Harry Winks.[18]
On 31 January 2019, Nkoudou joined Monaco on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[19]
Besiktas
Nkoudou signed for Besiktas on 22 August 2019 in a £4.6 million deal.[20][21]
Damac
On 15 August 2023, Nkoudou joined Saudi Pro League club Damac on a free transfer.[22]
Born in France, Nkoudou is Cameroonian by descent.[23] Nkoudou was a youth international for France at various levels.[24] In 24 April 2022 Nkoudou announced that he wants to play in Cameroon national football team. After three weeks on 13 May 2022 Cameroonian Football Federation announced that FIFA had approved the change in international eligibility of Nkoudou.[25] A day after the announcement, he was called up to Cameroon national football team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. He planned to play his first match against Burundi on 9 June 2022, but withdrew injured.[26]
Club
- As of match played 24 February 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nantes | 2013–14[15] | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| 2014–15[15] | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Marseille | 2015–16[15] | Ligue 1 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 41 | 10 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2016–17[15] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2017–18[15] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19[15] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[15] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Burnley (loan) | 2017–18[15] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Monaco (loan) | 2018–19[15] | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Beşiktaş | 2019–20[15] | Süper Lig | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 31 | 4 | |
| 2020–21[15] | 32 | 8 | 5 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 38 | 8 | |||
| 2021–22[15] | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||
| 2022–23[15] | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |||
| Total | 94 | 19 | 10 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | 108 | 21 | |||
| Damac | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 19 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 197 | 41 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 248 | 50 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Turkish Cup, King Cup
- Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 27 January 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nkoudou goal.[15]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 November 2023 | Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon |  Mauritius | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) |
Beşiktaş
- "Georges-Kevin Nkoudou". L'Équipe. Paris. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list" (PDF). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- "Georges-Kévin Nkoudou: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- "Georges-Kévin Nkoudou". Beşiktaş J.K. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- "Georges-Kévin Nkoudou est Olympien" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- "UEFA Champions League – News". UEFA. 18 July 2016.
- "Georges-Kevin Nkoudou completes move to Tottenham from Marseille". ESPNFC. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- "Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 0 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- Saj Chowdhury (24 September 2016). "Middlesbrough 1 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- BrianA (14 June 2017). "Georges-Kévin N'Koudou never could get going for Spurs and now he might be gone". Cartilage Free Captain.
- Hytner, David (6 December 2017). "Fernando Llorente off the mark for Tottenham in stroll against Apoel". The Guardian.
- Thomas, Lyall (6 November 2017). "N'Koudou has future at Tottenham, says Pochettino". West London Sport.
- "Nkoudou wings in to Turf Moor". Burnley Football Club. 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- Ed Aarons (8 January 2018). "Transfer roundup: Tottenham's Georges-Kévin Nkoudou joins Burnley on loan". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "Georges-Kévin N'Koudou Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- Gold, Alasdair (7 October 2018). "Revealed: Why Georges-Kevin Nkoudou hasn't made a single Tottenham matchday squad this season". football.london.
- Pearce, Ben (1 November 2018). "Juan Foyth, Davinson Sanchez star as Tottenham knock West Ham out of Carabao Cup". ESPN.
- Burt, Jason; Bull, JJ (20 January 2019). "Harry Winks breaks Fulham hearts with last minute winner but Dele Alli adds to Spurs' injury concerns".
- "Georges-Kévin N'Koudou joins AS Monaco". AS Monaco FC. 31 January 2019.
- "Besiktas move for Nkoudou". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- Flood, George (22 August 2019). "Tottenham flop Georges-Kevin Nkoudou completes £4.6m Besiktas transfer". Evening Standard.
- "Nkoudou s'inspire d'un Diable Rouge". 24 January 2016.
- "Football: Nkoudou marque et dédie son but à une amie à lui victime des attentats à Paris". www.20minutes.fr. 15 November 2015.
- "FIFA clears Cameroon to pick new recruits ahead of World Cup". www.Sportstar.com. 17 May 2022.
- "ELIMINATOIRES DE LA CAN 2023 : 34 JOUEURS PRESELECTIONNES POUR LE STAGE PREPARATOIRE AUX MATCHS CONTRE LE KENYA ET BURUNDI". fecafoot-officiel.com/. 13 May 2022.
- Georges-Kévin Nkoudou at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Georges-Kévin Nkoudou at the French Football Federation (archived 2019-04-18) (in French)
- Georges-Kévin Nkoudou at Soccerbase
