Fontaine Ndanu Julien Mutale Ngoy Bin Cibambi (born 2 November 1997), known as Julien Ngoy, is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a forward for Turkish club Kasımpaşa on loan from Mechelen.

Club career

Stoke City

Ngoy was born in Antwerp and began his football career playing in the youth team at Anderlecht up to the age of 14, he then spent two years with Club Brugge where his was top scorer of the under-16 team. In 2013, Ngoy decided to quit Brugge and join the NSeth Football Academy where he impressed the director, Nkandu Ntondo, who described him as the best talent he has seen at his academy. In the summer of 2013, Ngoy signed with English club Stoke City of the

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. In April 2014, he won the

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with Stoke City U17s. Ngoy made his professional debut for Stoke in a 3–1

defeat at Arsenal on 10 December 2016. He made a total of six substitute appearances for Stoke in 2016–17. Ngoy was named as the

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Player of the Month for March 2017. On 31 January 2018, Ngoy joined

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club

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on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. He played 13 times for the Saddlers scoring three goals as they successfully avoided relegation. On 29 August 2018, Ngoy joined Swiss Super League side

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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. He was handed the number 20 shirt by the club. Ngoy played 23 times for Grasshoppers, scoring five goals in what was a traumatic season for the club who suffered relegation for the first time in 68 years and had a number of matches suspended due to fan protests. Ngoy struggled for game time in 2019–20, making only two brief substitute appearances.

Eupen

Ngoy joined Belgian First Division A side

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on 8 August 2020 on a two-year contract.

Mechelen

On 4 July 2022, Ngoy signed a three-year contract with Mechelen. On 11 September 2023, Ngoy was loaned by Kasımpaşa in Turkey.

International career

He was a youth international for Belgium.

Personal life

Ngoy was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

— Player of the Month: March 2017

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngoy, Julien Living people 1997 births Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Belgian men's footballers Footballers from Antwerp Men's association football forwards Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Premier League players English Football League players Swiss Super League players Belgian Pro League players Süper Lig players Stoke City F.C. players Walsall F.C. players K.A.S. Eupen players Grasshopper Club Zürich players K.V. Mechelen players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey