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Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Mbida (; born 13 February 1995) is a professional
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who plays as a winger for
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club Damac. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.


Club career


Nantes

He joined the
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Pre-Training Centre in July 2008 as an outsider. However, after two seasons, the Paris club does not offer him to join the training centre. He therefore left PSG for the AC Boulogne-Billancourt club. After a year, he received proposals from
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and
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. He then decided to join Nantes, where he signed an internship contract in 2011. On 8 August 2013, he initiated a three-year professional contract with club. He made his
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debut on the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 11 August 2013 against
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. He replaced Serge Gakpé in the last minute of the game.


Marseille

In June 2015, Nkoudou completed a move to
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for £1 million. His performances during the 2015–16 season led to him finishing 30th in UEFA's Best Player in Europe poll.


Tottenham Hotspur

On 31 August 2016, Nkoudou was transferred to
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for a reported fee of £11 million, signing a five-year deal with the club. 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
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. 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
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on 25 October 2016 and an
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tie against Wycombe Wanderers on 28 January 2017. 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. On 8 January 2018, Nkoudou completed a loan move to
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club
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until the end of the 2017–18 season. He failed to break into the first team regularly and was mainly a back-up to
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, going on to make eight appearances. Nkoudou returned to Tottenham for the 2018–19 season, but found it difficult to break into the first team. He made his first appearance of the season coming off the bench in the fourth round League Cup match against
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. He again came on as a substitute in the League match against
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, and provided a crucial cross for the winning goal by Harry Winks. On 31 January 2019, Nkoudou joined
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on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.


Beşiktaş

Nkoudou signed for
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on 22 August 2019 in a £4.6 million deal. In Beşiktaş, he never really convinced, with a rather average score during these five years 21 goals and 9 decisive passes in 108 matches all competitions combined.


Damac

On 15 August 2023, Nkoudou joined
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club Damac on a free transfer. His scoring double and triple at the beginning of the season and competing with
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for the honorary title of top scorer.


International career

Born in France, Nkoudou is
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
ian by descent. Nkoudou was a youth international for France at various levels. In 24 April 2022 Nkoudou announced that he wants to play in
Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team (French language, French: ''Équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international Association football, footb ...
. After three weeks on 13 May 2022
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announced that
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had approved the change in international eligibility of Nkoudou. A day after the announcement, he was called up to
Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team (French language, French: ''Équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international Association football, footb ...
for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. He planned to play his first match against
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on 9 June 2022, but withdrew injured. On November 10, 2022, he was selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the
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. On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nkoudou goal''.


Honours

Beşiktaş *
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: 2020–21 *
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: 2020–21 * Turkish Super Cup:
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nkoudou, Georges-Kevin 1995 births Living people Footballers from Versailles, Yvelines Cameroonian men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football wingers FC Nantes players Olympique de Marseille players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Burnley F.C. players AS Monaco FC players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Damac FC players Ligue 1 players Premier League players Süper Lig players Saudi Pro League players France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Cameroon men's international footballers 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players French expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent 21st-century French sportsmen