Jérémie N'Jock (born 12 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Football career
N'Jock as born in
Bafoussam
Bafoussam is the capital and largest city of the West Region (Cameroon), West Region of Cameroon, in the Bamboutos Mountains. It is the 3rd most important (financially) city in Cameroon, after Yaoundé and Douala. The ''communauté urbaine'' (Urba ...
, Cameroon. Moving abroad at the age of 18, he rarely settled in a club or country. His first team was
FC Stade Nyonnais
FC Stade Nyonnais is an association football club based in the town of Nyon, Switzerland. The team currently competes in the Swiss Challenge League, Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system and plays its home matches ...
in Switzerland, followed by moves to Qatari (
Al-Arabi Sports Club) and Moroccan (
WAC Casablanca
Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football l ...
).
In 2001, N'Jock signed with
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German footb ...
in the German lower leagues, moving to
FC UTA Arad
Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional Association football, football football team, club based in the city of Arad, Romania, Arad, Arad County that comp ...
from Romania the following year. He scored 11 goals in 25 games in the
2003–04 season, helping another side in the country,
FC Universitatea Craiova
FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system.
FC U ...
, to the fourth position in
Liga I
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
.
N'Jock joined
Belgian First Division
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club
R.A.E.C. Mons in January 2005, and netted a career-best 18 goals in his only full season, adding two in the
domestic cup as the
Hainaut team returned to the top level as champions.
Ligue 2
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side
Stade Brestois 29
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noticed N'Jock's performances, and signed him for the following campaign. In the next
transfer window
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, however, he left France and re-joined Universitatea Craiova, being loaned to Belgium's
A.F.C. Tubize shortly after.
In the following years, N'Jock played for teams in familiar countries, Germany and Belgium, again representing Tubize in the latter. Already in his 30s, he switched to Portugal, playing with
G.D. Estoril Praia
Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...
,
F.C. Arouca
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and
Moreirense F.C. in the
second division.
Honours
Mons
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Belgian Second Division
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: 2005–06
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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bafoussam
Cameroonian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Wydad AC players
Qatar Stars League players
Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players
Mesaimeer SC players
Stuttgarter Kickers players
Liga I players
FC UTA Arad players
FC U Craiova 1948 players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players
Royale Union Tubize-Braine players
Ligue 2 players
Stade Brestois 29 players
Liga Portugal 2 players
G.D. Estoril Praia players
F.C. Arouca players
Moreirense F.C. players
Qatari Second Division players
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal