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Jérémie N'Jock (born 12 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
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 The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...
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 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
side
Stade Brestois 29 Stade Brestois 29, commonly known as Stade Brestois or simply Brest,''Stade Brest'', used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, is not a grammatically correct name for the club. is a French professional football club based in ...
noticed N'Jock's performances, and signed him for the following campaign. In the next
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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 Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a professional Association football, football club based in the Porto metropolitan area. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,600-seat capac ...
and Moreirense F.C. in the second division.


Honours

Mons *
Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replace ...
: 2005–06


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:N'jock, Jeremie 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