Sammy Ndjock (born 25 February 1990) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

, Ndjock graduated from

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

's youth categories, and made his senior debuts with the club's B-side in the 2006–07 campaign, in

Championnat de France amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

. He joined Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

side

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1 ...

in August 2010, and made his professional debut late in the month, starting in a 0–0 home draw against

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

. He played 7 games in his debut season, and repeated the same amount in his second.in his third, he made 15 games. In August 2013, Ndjock moved to

Fethiyespor Fethiyespor is a Turkish sports club based in Fethiye, Muğla. Fethiyespor were promoted to the Turkish Second Division in the 2005–06 season. In the 2011–12 football season, Fethiyespor reached the end of season promotion play-off games bu ...

, freshly promoted to

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, in a season-long loan deal. He was an undisputed starter during the campaign, also playing the full 90 minutes in a 2-1

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success against country giants Fenerbahçe. Ndjock signed with

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on 9 March 2015. During a friendly match on 21 July 2016 against

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, Ndjock tried to quickly throw the ball to a teammate, but accidentally let the ball slip and fall into his

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instead. This was the second goal in the game that Bournemouth eventually won 4–0. A similar incident occurred with

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in 1988. Ndjock joined

Mikkelin Palloilijat Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice hockey sections. History In 1998, MP merged with Mi ...

for the first time in January 2018 and played for the club until the summer, before he left and moved back to Cameroon. But that didn't go as expected, so he moved back to Finland and signed for the same club again. The deal was announced 24 November 2018. Ndjock and MP mutually cancelled the contract in 2020 and he signed with

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playing in

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. In July 2023 his contract with Atlantis FC was terminated after conceding three suspicious goals against Grankulla IFK.

International career

Ndjock made his international debut with

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

on 2 June 2013, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw against

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. He was selected to

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's 28-man provisional squad for

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, and also appeared in the final list for the tournament.

References

External links

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TFF profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ndjock, Sammy 1990 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Lille OSC players Antalyaspor footballers Fethiyespor footballers Minnesota United FC (2010–2016) players Süper Lig players Mikkelin Palloilijat players Kakkonen players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Cameroon men's international footballers TFF First League players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers